Re: Computer will power on but not boot up
- From: "Anna" <myname@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:03:11 -0400
Mac wrote:
All of a sudden my screen went all distorted this morning, so I decided
to turn my computer off. Once turned back on the lights come on and the
fans run loud but nothing happens, monitor doesn't even get a signal.
I've been on online forums most of the day and havent found any
definitive solutions, just if's and maybe's. Ive tried swapping out my
power supply, hard drive, RAM, and heatsink fan or whatever, but I get
the same result each time. My worst fear is that it's my motherboard or,
heaven forbid, hard drive (since I currently have nada backed up). Anyone
have any ideas what might would have happened all of a sudden and what
could be the problem? Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
"philo" <philo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Is the fan on your video board working?
If not, the board probably fried.
At any rate, try a different video card
Mac:
As philo suggests, it certainly sounds like a defective graphics card that's
causing the problem. So it would seem that would be the first place to
check. At the very least, determine that the card is properly seated in its
motherboard's slot.
I presume that if you disconnect *all* devices including your HDD, all
peripheral devices, optical drive(s), sound card, etc. and then power-on
your PC with *only* your motherboard, processor, heat sink, RAM, video card,
and power supply connected, you get the black screen, yes?
I assume your motherboard does not have onboard graphics capability so that
you could remove the installed graphics card and ensure the BIOS setting
indicates using that onboard graphics capability.
But the likelihood is it's a defective graphics card and you'll need to
install a different card to determine if that is so.
Anna
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