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May 13, 2006 at 05:13 PM
teaching4u

No monitor signal means HD failed?

by teaching4u . Updated 20 years, 1 month ago

This morning without notice my PC screen was flickering, faded and fuzzy. I had seen this happen a few times before in the past few months and a reboot usually fixed it. (I thought it was my VGA card going out.) But the PC wouldn’t reboot; it stopped at the first screen where you have the option to enter BIOS and freezes there. I tried a hard boot several times but got the same thing. Then my monitor went black. I tested the monitor on another PC and the monitor is still alive so I tried a different video card… same thing, black screen that says no signal. Now when I power on/off there is NO ACTIVITY at all on my PC; no CD or floppy lights and no noise at all from the HD. Before I buy a new HD… can anyone confirm that this, in fact, a HD failure? Would that cause my screen to read no signal? And, lastly, is that why the PC no longer reads the CD and floppy?

Please advise. I have a lot of work to get done and need my PC back!

THANKS!!
Tee

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