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kop442000

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    Black Screen And No Bleep!
    « on: February 13, 2005, 08:35:08 AM »
    Please can someone help me.

    My computer has always been fine, but the other day, I turned it on, and the fan kicked in etc, but the screen stayed black, and didn't seem like it was connected to the computer. I thought it might have just been monitor cable that came out or something.

    I left it that night, and tried again in the morning, making sure everything was plugged in properly. It started ok, in safe mode, but then it just randomly restarted itself, and then the screen stayed black again like before. Not it was hit and miss whether the screen would stay black, or come on, but because of having to do the hold-the-power-button-for-8-seconds switch off thing, when it did come on, it said that a file was missing or corrupt. To cut a long story short, it now won't come on at all, so I don't have the opportunity to fix it. It is definately not a monitor problem, cos I have borrowed a friends computer, and it works fine with this monitor.

    How do I even begin trying to fix my problem, if the screen is black? (Also there is no bleep at the beginning, and I am running XP).

    I have files that I really need on there, so any help would be very very gratefully received!

    Many thanks in advance for any replies posted.
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    Re: Black Screen And No Bleep!
    « Reply #1 on: February 13, 2005, 08:48:41 AM »
    Hey there.... I think that your heat sink might be broken... You can replace that, and be fine... Also, incase this is not a hardware related issue... Do you have antivirus protection installed?

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      Re: Black Screen And No Bleep!
      « Reply #2 on: February 13, 2005, 09:09:47 AM »
      Yeah. I am no expert, but as far as I know, I have all the latest updates, and virus protection etc..

      What is a heat sink, and can I just buy a new one?

      Sorry for my ignorance!

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        Re: Black Screen And No Bleep!
        « Reply #3 on: February 13, 2005, 01:54:09 PM »
        Hello how are you? First of all take the RAM sticks out from the motherboard and clean the dust from both RAM sticks and also from the slots of RAM on the board. Now put the RAM back in the same sequence as they was. Now turn ur PC ON. If it works then fine otherwise you have to take the PROCESSOR out from borad (CAREFULLY)and clean the dust from Processor fan, from Processor and lso from the Processor slot. Then place all of them back in the same manner as they ws. Now turn ur PC ON and it will start running smoothly.
        Insha Allah :).
        Otherwise you have to replace Processor fan or CPU Cooler bcz may be this this problem is due to over heat of Processor. But I do hope that if you do all above, will solve you problem.

        Take care of you and others and be happy.
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          Re: Black Screen And No Bleep!
          « Reply #4 on: February 13, 2005, 02:40:12 PM »
          Thank you for your advice. I have never messed around with the inside of a PC before, so I will make sure I read up and know what I am doing first. Thank you again.

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