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Posted by Gene E. Bloch on June 19, 2008, 2:22 pm
Please log in for more thread options Or the hardware (dead video card, etc.).
Can you get into - and see - the BIOS setup normally (F2, Delete, F10 -
whatever your computer requires)?
Maybe you can justify buying a new computer (that tends to be my
approach to all problems!).
Good luck, it can't be fun at this moment.
On 6/19/2008, Phillip944 posted this:
> Actually, I think the problem might be the BIOS. I'm going to check it this
> evening.
>
> "Gene E. Bloch" wrote:
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>> On 6/19/2008, Phillip944 posted this:
>>> Well... I'm still trying to find a way out of the SP3 valley. After trying
>>> the fixes below, my HP processor turns on, but the monitor is black.
>>>
>>> I tried the following:
>>> 1) Uninstalled Norton360
>>> 2) Downloaded Windows XP update (KB953356)
>>> 3) Reinstalled SP3
>>> 4) Ran "sc config intelppm start= disabled"
>>>
>>> Is there no fix out there? Is my HP dead?
>>>
>>> Anybody want to buy two-year-old HP Media Center... CHEAP!! :-(
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>> Probably you'd do better in a general Windows XP newsgroup.
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>> Is the monitor black during the POST? If so then the problem is not in
>> Windows.
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>> You could also look for obvious things, like unplugged cables or power
>> cords :-)
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