TSGL: Computer dead?

[jonpan]

Heide,

If the PC is not switching on, check the outlet, power cable and PC switch 
at rear.

If he can get into the BIOS, try setting it to Safe Defaults. Also, if he's 
taken out the video card, the MB will have to have onboard video to work and 
the BIOS will have to be set for that.

Look at the settings of the monitor - maybe it needs some brightness!

Viel Glück.

John
Od/G


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Computerfee" <computer.fee at googlemail.com>
To: "TSGL" <List at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 9:38 AM
Subject: TSGL: Computer dead?


Hi there everybody,

my son just "lost" his computer - as usual when I am asking something, I
don't
know many details but want to ask before anyway as I know you guys usually
can come up with some idea. It is definitely a 3 years old Windows XP
machine. My son wanted to get it working a bit quicker and therefore tried a
lot of things that have helped a lot already - last now was that he
uninstalled something I never heard of but it was a kind of accelerator for
the video card or video card driver. When he was asked to re-start the
computer to make the change work, he saw the program (or whatever it
actually is) was still there and in a minute of unconsciousness clicked on
it. Afterwards all went dead now - don't recall whether he said the computer
shut down correctly or not then, but at least he could not restart it. Once
it worked as if it was starting, you could hear the fans working but nothing
visible happened and no beeps either but afterwards then obviously nothing
does happen when he presses the start button. My first guess was something
might be wrong with the video card of course but he told me some reason why
it could not be that - probably the missing beeps - and he was sure it was
the power supply unit, so went to have it checked in a shop and it was okay
and he came here and tried it in another computer where it did work
perfectly. Then he went home again and I told him no matter what he thinks
to try to take out the video card -which I hope he did- but nothing did
change, no beeps, and no booting computer.

So what could be the problem, what could he try out to solve the problem.
You know, it always is a problem with this youngster, he always knows better
and right now he knows the computer is not fixable while I will try until I
don't know what makes me really sure nothing can't be done.
Hope you can come up with an idea or two!

Have a nice day
Heidi from Berlin


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