I saw that it was a typical error page but the screen disappeared before I could read it.
Cannot boot up at all, nothing shows on the monitor so getting to the BIOS is not possible at this point. Richard P. On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 11:40 PM, Ellen Rains Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any clue what the error might have said? > > Can you get to the BIOS setup? > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM> > Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 11:15 PM > Subject: [CGUYS] Computer won't Boot > > >> PC had trouble with the video display where the picture went bad with >> everything going diagonal. After several reboots, the computer and >> picture came up fine but then the picture went diagonal again. The >> third time it failed, a screen came up briefly announcing an error >> before it all disappeared. Tried rebooting but now only the fans run >> continuously with no activity on the monitor. Tried a different >> monitor without success. Tried putting in the recovery disc and >> booting from that without success. All it will do now is run the fans >> continuously. There is no activity on the monitor except a blinking >> standby light. >> >> Any ideas? If it's not one thing, it's another... >> >> Win XP SP3 >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Richard P. >> >> >> ************************************************************************* >> ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >> ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >> ************************************************************************* >> > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
