Re: hardware problem


"My News Servers" <senortout@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have set aside my old computer while working up a new one. Now that the
new one is smooth, I decided to move my old one upstairs and add a pci
wireless card(old 400mhz desktop we're talking about here)

Installing the pci wireless card was difficult, space constraints, etc.
Long story short, I had to remove my graphics pci card from the slot next
door. (its a taller card and easier to install) So, the graphics card
came out, the wireless went in next door slot and reinstalled the graphics
card. So far, so good.

I was anxious to see what I had and this was my undoing. I hooked up
everything but the monitor power cord and the keyboard. Then I plugged in
the computer to an outlet. I had forgotten that doing this powers up the
computer!

Then I made another obvious blunder....plugging in the monitor power cord
while the computer was powering up?? or was this something I should have
been able to get away with???

Anyways, I have nothing on the monitor screen. I have powered down and
back several times, trying to get into 'safe mode'...is this possible even
under these circumstances?



I did have an old monitor, can't remember brand or model, that having
suffered a power loss, needed to have one of the menu buttons cycled to get
anything onscreen. I am not referring to the Power button on the monitor.

With a "Black" screen, it doesn't make any difference what mode you boot
into. If you get nothing during POST, it may require swapping out hardware
to fix.



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