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Re: computer dead; help!



on Wed, 27 Nov 2002 05:55:11AM +0100, Robert Ian Smit insinuated:
> * Nori Heikkinen <nori@sccs.swarthmore.edu> [27-11-2002 05:39]:
> > > the screen goes off, totally black, as if it had lost power.  
> > okay, i can now get in from elsewhere, so i'm less scared.  but
> > still no video whatosever!  
> 
> Are you able to turn on the monitor and is it not receiving a signal
> from your pc? Or is the monitor dead?

sorry, i should have been more specific.  gotta learn not to post in a
panic :)

i can't turn the monitor on -- there is usualld a little LED that's
green when the power is on and active, and there is no light at all
right now.  i get absolutely zero video -- no console; no X; no BIOS
when i boot up ... i tried a different power cable for the monitor,
but no dice.  because i'm seeing no LED, i'm thinking this is a plain
hardware failure.

> If the former is true and you have an AGP videocard, you can try to
> reinsert it into its slot or use another computer to see if you can
> get a display.

yeah, i'm going to do some testing in a few days, swappng video cards
(unfortunately mine's a weird one -- ATI Rage Fury Pro -- to go with
my weird flat panel) and monitors with a friend to see what i can do
... but it looks not so hot.  i'm going home for Thanksgiving for 5
days, however, and won't be able to do anything locally until Sunday
or Monday.

has anyone had a monitor just up and die on them before?  did anything
trigger it, do you think, or was it just random?

thanks again,

</nori>

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