Hi all,
I need some advice. When I turn on my PC, the video card stats come up and
then black screen with a cursor blinking in the upper left corner. I've had
some heat issues in the past. Could it have fried it?
P4 1.8
Geforce 5200
XP
768 ram
Thanks,
Tim
try booting from a floppy, if it boots fine, then its obviously another
problem. If you are getting video post, the cpu cant be dead IMO.
"Tim Paullin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
> I need some advice. When I turn on my PC, the video card stats come upand
> then black screen with a cursor blinking in the upper left corner. I'vehad
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> some heat issues in the past. Could it have fried it? > > P4 1.8 > Geforce 5200 > XP > 768 ram > > Thanks, > Tim > >Take your memory out and put it back in tightly.
"Tim Paullin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
> I need some advice. When I turn on my PC, the video card stats come upand
> then black screen with a cursor blinking in the upper left corner. I'vehad
Quoted text (11 lines)
> some heat issues in the past. Could it have fried it? > > P4 1.8 > Geforce 5200 > XP > 768 ram > > Thanks, > Tim > >I don't think you can fry a P4. It will shut down before the heat gets to
high. I don't know about the newest AMD's but older ones just needs a split
second without the heatsink on and their finished.
Jone
Thanks for the replies. I got it going, my ethernet card wasn't seated all
the way in. Weird. Didn't think that would cause that kind of problem.
Tim
You can fry any type of CPU, no matter what devices they put in to stop it.
"Jone Tytlandsvik" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> I don't think you can fry a P4. It will shut down before the heat gets to
> high. I don't know about the newest AMD's but older ones just needs asplit
> second without the heatsink on and their finished.
>
> Jone
>
>
Ethernet Cards can cause any sort of problem you can imagine. From system
freezes to earthquakes :)
-Larry
"Tim Paullin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the replies. I got it going, my ethernet card wasn't seatedall
> the way in. Weird. Didn't think that would cause that kind of problem.
>
> Tim
