Guest Tony n Terrific Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 My computer has been acting up lately. Today I could not pull it up at all. It just said no signal on the screen. I tried and tried to restart it but to no avail.My wife and I where planning on buying a new computer after she arrived here in the USA. Now we may have our hand forced to buy one now. What kind of programs are the market now like Vista etc. My computer knowledge is on the scale of a Laurel and Hardie movie. Funny but not to bright. Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 (edited) Try pulling the power plug and then plugging it back in. This will reset the power supply if it blew a breaker. Listen for the beep, and watch the lights on the front panel to see if any come on. Just something cheap and easy to try, if you want to give it one more shot. Edited December 2, 2008 by Randy W (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerluli Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 I'm sorry Tony but "my computer went down on me"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelt Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 My computer has been acting up lately. Today I could not pull it up at all. It just said no signal on the screen. I tried and tried to restart it but to no avail.My wife and I where planning on buying a new computer after she arrived here in the USA. Now we may have our hand forced to buy one now. What kind of programs are the market now like Vista etc. My computer knowledge is on the scale of a Laurel and Hardie movie. Funny but not to bright. Any suggestions?I'm kind of a tinkerer and would be looking at video (monitor) cable connection at back of computer and/or maybe video card (cheap to replace these days).As a large format printer installer who delves into many client's computers daily, I do not like Vista operating system or HP's computers that are packed with tons of HP's proprietary protective software, or McAfee or Norton). Sorry Vista or HP fans. Nice computers, but sometimes monsters to install on.How about calling Dell and have them configure something over the phone with Windows XP. They can do that. Good luck. Honestly think it may just be video card. Perhaps boot computer and keep pressing F8 during boot and see if it starts in "Safe-mode"? Then perhaps it is just video card driver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tony n Terrific Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 I'm sorry Tony but "my computer went down on me"... Roger I wanted to have high post read on this topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuanyang Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 I'm sorry Tony but "my computer went down on me"... Great minds think alike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave&Hong Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 I read the title of this and found it a little erotic, I find that more than a little disturbing! Damn I wish January would get here so I could see my wife!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C4Racer Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 (edited) I read the title of this and found it a little erotic, I find that more than a little disturbing! Damn I wish January would get here so I could see my wife!!! reminds me of a joke... if this were posted in TC, I would have told it... Edited December 3, 2008 by C4Racer (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 How dead is dead ? ' It just said no signal on the screen.' could be a few different things. But - remove all the cables, and put all the cables back in, turn it on, listen for BEEPS, and COUNT the BEEPS. Any tech will want to know the BEEP COUNT. You sure you don't have a good tech in your area ? Most charge 60 bucks/hour for in -house bench time. FWIW, don't reformat the hard drive - save it, put it in new computer as secondary drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewDay2006 Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 My frist thought is the Video card or make shure the connection is good on the cables on monitor both sides.... Unless the computer doesn't power up, you would normally get an error message or the BSOD(Blue Screen of Death). Good luck. Computers are very cheap nowadays, still, I hope you don't have to get one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelt Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 How dead is dead ? ' It just said no signal on the screen.' could be a few different things. But - remove all the cables, and put all the cables back in, turn it on, listen for BEEPS, and COUNT the BEEPS. Any tech will want to know the BEEP COUNT. You sure you don't have a good tech in your area ? Most charge 60 bucks/hour for in -house bench time. FWIW, don't reformat the hard drive - save it, put it in new computer as secondary drive.Maybe not a great idea?....what if problem turns out to be virus related? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 The new(er) computer should be pre-loaded with anti-virus stuff - so when yer ready - SCAN the secondary drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urkidding Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 I'm sorry Tony but "my computer went down on me"... Great minds think alike. what he said... http://i35.tinypic.com/24g8ta1.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsap seui Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 I'm sorry Tony but "my computer went down on me"... Great minds think alike. what he said... http://i35.tinypic.com/24g8ta1.gif Cuzin' uRkiDdiN'mE....you are a bad man, there is no hope for you And I like you for it... tsap seui Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tony n Terrific Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 How dead is dead ? ' It just said no signal on the screen.' could be a few different things. But - remove all the cables, and put all the cables back in, turn it on, listen for BEEPS, and COUNT the BEEPS. Any tech will want to know the BEEP COUNT. You sure you don't have a good tech in your area ? Most charge 60 bucks/hour for in -house bench time. FWIW, don't reformat the hard drive - save it, put it in new computer as secondary drive.Maybe not a great idea?....what if problem turns out to be virus related?My computer magician tells me it is the hard drive that about go pftt-t. She recomends instaling a new hard drive with 320 Gig and a external back up sytem of 500 gigs plus additional memory. She also has my wifes blessing to hurry up and fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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