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Thread ID: 110301	2010-06-11 04:59:00	computer not booting properly	lakewoodlady (103)	Press F1

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1109114	2010-06-11 21:54:00	what i do is try your good screen on it .. then maybe if you really wanna, try your video card in their machine... try your good vga cable if you have one lying around .... assuming you gone to hdmi / dvi.	Nomad (952)
1109115	2010-06-11 23:06:00	what i do is try your good screen on it .. then maybe if you really wanna, try your video card in their machine... try your good vga cable if you have one lying around .... assuming you gone to hdmi / dvi. Nomad, Is this referring to my friend's problem or Hammer's one? LL	lakewoodlady (103)
1109116	2010-06-12 05:34:00	LL, your one :) I read that Hammer has already changed the cable and vga card ... Hammer while you at it, tried a working monitor on it? if so somethings buggered imo. strip all the drives off incl all the hdd dvd floppy etc. is it the ram or motherboard imo ... :2cents:	Nomad (952)
1109117	2010-06-18 08:11:00	I am bumping this one back as it is still relevant. Ok, Friend finally dropped computer round for me to look at. She got some one else to look at it last week and it cost her $80. They got it going and said if it failed again it means a new hard drive is needed. Well, it failed three days later. It seems to boot ok into the errors screen, the one where you can choose start up options by using arrow keys, only trouble is the arrows are not working and no lights show up on keyboard and so the only choice is "Start Windows Normally". It starts to load windows but after about 2-3 seconds monitor flashes briefly and then goes to "No Signal Input" Windows XP Home don't know if its got any SPs or not. Lady didn't say. 512mb RAM Geforce something stand alone graphics Seagate HDD don't know how big Thats about all I can tell at the moment. So, is it the HDD? LL :confused:	lakewoodlady (103)
1109118	2010-06-18 08:24:00	I don't think it is the HDD, the keyboard should not flash like that and the keyb should still work. The no input signal ... not HDD either. I would just pull the HDD out and let it power up for an hour or so, maybe boot with a DVD/CD, maybe play some DOS games while at it :p You could try your keyboard LL. See if that fixes it. Try a different USB port perhaps. You think you could just put in your video card if you are really nice :D doesn't need drivers just a boot up. If I am pushy, I think it is the motherboard or the CPU.	Nomad (952)
1109119	2010-06-18 08:31:00	The keyboard doesn't flash, the screen flashes briefly, but then it doesn't load windows and reverts to the black with white text on. Could you be a little clearer on how I power up the HDD after I pull it out? Also how do I boot with a cd/dvd if the Hdd is not connected? LL	lakewoodlady (103)
1109120	2010-06-18 08:31:00	When it says no signal does the screen come back? In otherwords is it temporarily? In my experience that can sometimes be due to incompatibility. If it is just a temporary ignore that. I had all new parts when I got my first own PC, I had laptops before, the GeForce just didn't stop disconnecting and reconnecting until I got an ATI.	Nomad (952)
1109121	2010-06-18 08:33:00	The keyboard doesn't flash, the screen flashes briefly, but then it doesn't load windows and reverts to the black with white text on. Could you be a little clearer on how I power up the HDD after I pull it out? Also how do I boot with a cd/dvd if the Hdd is not connected? LL The HDD should not affect it. Open the case and pull the two cables off the HDD. Just turn on the computer. Does it have a DVD or CD ROM? Put in a bootable disk, like your own Windows even. See if you get the same issues. :) If the Windows does not load and gets to that b/w screen - that is fine. Could just be a mucked up Windows hard drive. A reinstall might fix that. The computer works without the HDD. You could just have a floppy drive and boot up in DOS and play Sim City :) PS. I meant pull the HD out and power up the system :blush:	Nomad (952)
1109122	2010-06-18 09:00:00	Yes it trys to boot up but just goes round in circles . When I power it on, it just goes straight to the B/W screen and there is no choice other than Start Normally . I don't have any bootable windows cd . I don't think the lady has either . I only have my system disc which I created from my Acer Recovery program . (VISTA) I doubt if that would work . The floppy drive is non operational . :groan: LL	lakewoodlady (103)
1109123	2010-06-18 09:04:00	Whats the brand/model?? Is it dell, hp, acer? Is the geforce onboard or another videocard?? Because this prob youre seeing can happen if its got onboard (and youre using another card), and the onboard hasnt been disabled. And the onboard video (if its got one) is set as the primary video in the BIOS	Speedy Gonzales (78)
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