I will try a video card this morning and report back. Richard P.
On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 11:58 PM, Tony B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, it could. But my tack was that the computer may actually be > booting, but you can't see it. There would be other clues like the > startup .wav and the hdd activity though. > > On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 11:48 PM, Richard P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Will a bad video card keep the computer from booting? It is an onboard >> video card. >> >> Richard P. >> >> On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 11:29 PM, Tony B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Try a different/separate video card. Otherwise, it sounds like a bad >>> motherboard. >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 11:15 PM, Richard P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> 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... >>> >>> >>> ************************************************************************* >>> ** 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/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
