Black screen at start up

JooK · 08-21-2005, 03:38 AM

My friend was throwing his old computer away and I offered to take it. So, here I am with a difficult problem.
So, I checked out the wires, and everything seems fine besides a little bit of dust. I changed the psu with a 250w instead of a 75, and I upgraded the PC133 128mb ram with PC100 256. I also changed the old 20gb drive with my forgotten 120 gb. So, Im either guessing its the hd or the mobo.

Everytime I try to start up the ocmputer, the screen just stays black. The monitor still has that little orange light on its button. I don't even get to see the XP logo, or at least any other color besides black.

Any help would be great.

Palatzo · 08-21-2005, 07:05 AM

Does it have integrated graphics or are you using a vid card? Try switching out the card for another, if its an AGP card, and a tested card doesnt work, try using a PCI card. If it has a PCI card in there, and a tested one doesn't work, switch the slot.
Clearing the CMOS can't hurt either.
Knowing system specs would help a lot...

**Praetor** · 08-21-2005, 05:35 PM

Ok whats the make and model of what we're dealing with?

08-21-2005, 03:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
JooK Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 73	Black screen at start up My friend was throwing his old computer away and I offered to take it. So, here I am with a difficult problem. So, I checked out the wires, and everything seems fine besides a little bit of dust. I changed the psu with a 250w instead of a 75, and I upgraded the PC133 128mb ram with PC100 256. I also changed the old 20gb drive with my forgotten 120 gb. So, Im either guessing its the hd or the mobo. Everytime I try to start up the ocmputer, the screen just stays black. The monitor still has that little orange light on its button. I don't even get to see the XP logo, or at least any other color besides black. Any help would be great.

08-21-2005, 05:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
Praetor Administrator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Age: 25 Posts: 19,951	Ok whats the make and model of what we're dealing with? __________________ ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, Q6600@3.7 / ASUS P5ND, E6400@3.8 4GB OCz Platinum XTC 8500 / 4GB CorsairXMS2 6400 5x500GB Seagate 7200.10 / 2x500 Seagate 7200.10 OCz 8800GTX 768MB @ 630/800 / 2x Galaxy 8800GT SLI

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08-21-2005, 07:05 AM	#2 (permalink)
Palatzo Silver Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 107	Does it have integrated graphics or are you using a vid card? Try switching out the card for another, if its an AGP card, and a tested card doesnt work, try using a PCI card. If it has a PCI card in there, and a tested one doesn't work, switch the slot. Clearing the CMOS can't hurt either. Knowing system specs would help a lot...