RE: startup problem - goes to blank screen

From: TaX (TaX_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/03/05 

Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 08:11:03 -0800

Well the first thing is to check components. I've had problems similiar, if
you have an extra graphics card, memory, monitor or woteva, switch them with
what you've got 1 by 1 and turn PC on. See if it changes anything.

Not much help but try and switch components around.

"Kam" wrote:

> I recently installed a new graphics card, upgraded to XP, and installed a new
> HD to my computer. Then I transferred some files from my old HD to the new
> one. Everything was working perfectly. Then I took the computer home from my
> mom's house and on the way home the CPU slid from one side of the car to the
> other hitting the door. Got home connected everything and started it up.
> Everything was fine I signed in to the desktop and was getting ready to open
> a program when the screen went black. The power was still on but there
> weren't any lights on the front of the cpu. I had to hold in the button to
> shut it down. Then I tried again...7 more times... and each time it would
> power up and go through the 1st startup screen and the 2nd, but then it would
> do the same thing. The fan still runs and I took the cover off to see if
> anything had come loose. One of the black and white wires (that leads to the
> power button) was loose so I pushed it back in. Still nothing. I have already
> confirmed everything is connected correctly and firmly. Also I have unplugged
> the memory and graphics card and replugged them in and got the same thing.
> Then I pulled the data and power to the drives and restarted and got this
> msg: Disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter.
>
> Any thoughts?
>