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Dec 10, 2006, 08:12 AM
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| | | Windows XP wont load
Hi,
My computer was fine this morning and I turned it off before I left. I was gone for About an hour, When I got home my computer was on but it wont do anything. The screen was blank. So I turned it off by the power button and waited then turned it back on, now it wont load windows at all. Could I have some type of virus? Please Help
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Dec 10, 2006, 08:14 AM
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Pay to call ScottGem for advice ($.75/min) | What does happen? Does the screen remain blanK. Do you see the CMOS setup screen? Have you tried booting to your XP CD? |
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Dec 10, 2006, 08:16 AM
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| I Need to know what you do see on the screen inorder to figure this out. I assume your monitor is working? And do you see a start screen with some white lettering ? Does it start to load windows and freeze up or never even try. Please provide this info to help narrow it down. | |
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Dec 10, 2006, 08:24 AM
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| I get absolutely nothing it stays blank. I thought maybe it was my monitor so I hooked my moms up and still nothing happened and I did try to boot from my windows cd but nothing it still remains blank | |
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Dec 10, 2006, 08:30 AM
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| It is also possible that your video card has gone bad, or in the case of a add-on card it may be loose. Do you see indicator lights on the front of your pc? or can you hear it running ? | |
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Dec 10, 2006, 08:32 AM
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| yes i can and do see lights and it is definitely running | |
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Dec 10, 2006, 08:37 AM
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| ok, is there a green light or an orange light on the front of your monitor ? | |
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Dec 10, 2006, 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Morrowrj ok, is there a green light or an orange light on the front of your monitor ? | ok, when i turn the monitor on it is green and then switches to orange. I didnt realize this is how you send the reply sorry.....I also sent you a personal message . | |
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Dec 10, 2006, 09:02 AM
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| Based on what you have told, you tried a boot disk and it stays blank, you tried a different monitor and it stays blank, yet you here the machine running, i have to suspect the video output card is bad, or possibly loose. Are you familiar with correct card intsallation on a pc ? | |
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Dec 10, 2006, 09:05 AM
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| Based on what you have told, you tried a boot disk and it stays blank, you tried a different monitor and it stays blank, yet you here the machine running, i have to suspect the video output card is bad, or possibly loose. Are you familiar with correct card intsallation on a pc ?
No I am not, I have no idea what I would be doing....lol any suggestions? | |
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