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Old March 22, 2009, 05:15 PM
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well here's a new one on me...I powered off my wife's pc and when she went to turn it on the following day it's blackscreened
You can turn it on...it sounds like the HD is running however no beeps and nothing on screen. Its been running smooth for over a year

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I may just be tired but am unable to figure it out lol
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Old March 22, 2009, 05:44 PM
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Try removing a stick of ram before booting if that don't work, replace and remove the other.

Try another video card.

Try another psu.

If you don't want to boot into windows, boot to a memtest or linux cd.
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Old March 22, 2009, 05:47 PM
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a nasty bootblock virus, dead cpu,psu (3.3v)

remove all HDD's other devices from MB but keep Keyboard and pull out power cord then push start button to empty caps then RESET CMOS then power up to see if have a boot screen
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Old March 22, 2009, 06:08 PM
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Any Ipod plugged into the USB header?


/just asking
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Old March 22, 2009, 06:48 PM
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10 Step "No Post" BIOS Recovery Guide
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Old March 22, 2009, 06:50 PM
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Nice list =D
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Old March 22, 2009, 06:55 PM
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I think it might be the GPU

Reseat the GPU and try it one more time
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Old March 22, 2009, 07:01 PM
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I think it might be the GPU

Reseat the GPU and try it one more time
Thats how my 88gt went.
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Old March 22, 2009, 08:41 PM
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Nice list =D
Heh... it's getting a little bit dated, and was intended for bios recovery back in the days when very few motherboards had dual bios, but it covers most steps required for testing out hardware. :)
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Old March 23, 2009, 01:46 AM
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check the monitor's power button! lol
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