Posted on 02/13/2007 4:39:16 PM PST by sonsofliberty2000
I recently formatted and reinstalled Windows to my computer, a Pentium 4 2.3ghz system. Before a reboot I installed Nvidia drivers and installed my HP printer. During the install of my printer it had a conflict with my external hard drive. I turned off the external hard drive and finished the install and went to reboot. Right before the reboot an error message with a red X symbol came up and counted down to 30 seconds to turn off. Once it turned off I went to reboot and it would not boot. I hear no POST beeps, the fans turn on and s forth but nothing happens. Nothing comes up on my monitor either. I have tried both my PCI video card (the aforementioned Nvidia card) and my Intel video card that is built in. I really need this computer to work for school and cannot afford costly repair bills currently. All help will be greatly appreciated!
Shouldn't this have been posted to Breaking News?
Can you see the bios screen?
This is horrible, terrible, and how in the world did you manage to post this thread, given the state of your computer?
Did you try removing the motherboard battery and then replacing it?
Dude, You're getting a Dell!
Pre-POST failures usually mean the thing is fried.
I'd take out the RAM and the CPU and re-seat them. That might work.
Friends computer.
Nothing loads at all on the monitor. The monitor acts as if the computer is off.
Eh...
You can email me at domenad@gmail.com and I'll try to walk you through testing.
Did so with no luck.
I'm sure the poster does not appreciate your sarcasm.
OK, will do. Thanks!
is it? I mean, do you see any indication the system is getting power? does anything light up?
troll
No POST, no BIOS, nuttin'? Ugly. What sort of an external HD is it, and was the machine powered on when you pulled it? This is looking like a low-level hardware failure from what little information there is.
OK, Remoce the CMOS battery and wait a minute or two before re-installing it. US the onboard video card for the recovery.
When you get the BIOS screen up you are going to have to reset the boot order. You may have to format and reload the software to recover the boot sector if it has become corrupted.
Pull out all cards except the video to begin troubleshooting, even that if the Main board has on board video. If not, try another video card first.
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