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Post by evil on Mar 29, 2012 21:05:31 GMT
not sure what went wrong but my pc refuses 2 get pass the windows xp screen before the monitor goes off . i tried safe mode & that didn't work I'll try 2 be back online soon, I hate using the ps3 to type this crap out lol
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Post by evil on Mar 31, 2012 15:38:40 GMT
Apparently after doing a little research. Its in my video card. Basically the moment I get pass the Windows XP screen. The monitor shuts itself off. I tried safe mode & VGA mode. Hoping I could work around the problem & reinstall the drivers. But that's a no go....
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Post by Chris Lionheart on Mar 31, 2012 16:51:25 GMT
Done anything different with your video card to cause the change?
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Post by Chris Lionheart on Mar 31, 2012 17:04:49 GMT
You know, years and years ago I had this same problem. Like 2004 or something. I think eventually we decided it was the PSU shutting off and eventually dying, forcing us to get a new family PC.  |
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Post by Daisuke Tsuyuki on Mar 31, 2012 19:02:38 GMT
could be your power supply as well not having the guts to start the vid card.
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Post by evil on Mar 31, 2012 20:35:22 GMT
its not the psu. the computer isn't shutting down on its own. like i said, pc comes on just fine until u get pass the Windows XP screen. i switched out the main AC power cable to see if that was the issue. but to no avail. switched out the monitors & that wasn't the problem . so to me, it has to be in the main motherboard or video card
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Post by Daisuke Tsuyuki on Mar 31, 2012 20:54:50 GMT
well i think it maybe a MB problem by the sounds of it then. vid card if it is overheating will cause it as well. had the same thing on a GF 6200 gt i had that the fan fell out of hhaha.
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Post by evil on Mar 31, 2012 21:00:47 GMT
whatever the problem ends up being, i hope it can be fixed. don't exactly have the cash to put out for a new & up-to-date tower
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Post by Chris Lionheart on Mar 31, 2012 21:04:19 GMT
any local computer places near you?
one near my house wanted a flat rate of £30 to see what the issue was, but were generally cool in terms of charging costs for the fixed piece.
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Post by evil on Mar 31, 2012 21:09:35 GMT
nope. if my tower is unrepairable best chance for me to even get a new one is either Wal-Mart or TigerDirect.com. I'd like to have a reasonably priced tower with Windows 7 support. As long as its better then what I've got now, then I'll be happy lol
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Post by Daisuke Tsuyuki on Mar 31, 2012 21:49:10 GMT
you could pack it up and send it to me to fix haha
Ebay has some nice cheap very good white box custom computers. and if you have a computer now just buy a 100 dollar barebones
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Post by evil on Apr 4, 2012 20:31:48 GMT
well got some good news & bad news...
Bad News? My PC Tower is shot. Completely unrepairable. All the caps are caroded (sp??) and basically, every single one of them need to be taken out, re-sadered & replaced. According to the repairman. Doing this would cost just about as much as buying a new, more up-to-date PC Tower.
So the Good News?
Went to my local bank earlier this morning. I was accepted for a 90 day loan to have the money to buy a new tower. So with that being said. Ol' Genesis should be back & ready to spew some deadly venom by the end of the Weekend.
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