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by tech support1

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I was connected to the internet for about 10 minutes, when the screen frooze while loading a web site, I had no choice but to power down the system. Then when I tried restarting it, it doesn't send a signal to the monitor, all I see is the power is on and I see the cpu fan running, so what can I do to fix this problem?

Obviously, I had this problem a week ago, but was fixed by removing every card I have on the motherboard and resinstall them one by one, which I did, but I found out that theVideo card is not working by trying a similar ATI Rage Pro Video card and it worked fine, but now after a week I got the same problem, I can see the lights on, not much more, I've installed a new Bios Battery, but still I have the same problem, so any input will be helpful, Thanx guys.

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by sixfourtykilo

Is there any beeping when you power on your PC? If you are having video problems, your computer will beep three long beeps and then not seem to do anything. You said you swapped out the video card for another one? Did you begin using that card ordid you continue to use the old one? If you're using the old one, return it or trash it, its toast.

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by claymuir

I hate to state the obvious but make sure your computer is not in sleep mode. I am going to assume you have done that already since you know enough to change the Video card, but, it is only fair to mention it.
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First thing try to boot to aDOS boot disk. If you can then you do not have a bad video card. I do not see near enough evidence to make me say it is definitly the Video card itself. If you get the same result then pull out the card and try to boot with no video card at all. Youshould hear some combintation of beeps. Three is common but different systems have different codes. If you get the beeps then it is probably not the card. Why do I say that- because you did not get the beeps with the card in. (the card could be bad but it is less likely)

Lets assume you have attempted to boot into DOS unsuccessfully and the post beeps are present without the card. Return the card and pull out the Ram (the thing I most suspect). You may or may not get post beeps here. One would be typical. If you do get a post beep then the only thing to do is attempt installing another video card and if that does not work then try trading Ram.

I suspect the Ram because the system froze with video working. Also, the Ram is more randomthan the video card. Heat could also be a issue here but since you can not boot if it is then damage is already done.

by cwunder3

Have you looked into your power supply? Occasionally you will get symptoms like the ones you have described if your power supply is failing.

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