Computer has no display...

[shdw01]

Need computer advice....there was a blackout last wednesday.

ever since the power went back on, I turn the computer on and the lights go on but the monitor doesn't display anything.

I'm sure it isn't the monitor because I can plug the monitor into another comptuer and it works.

I think that the computer isn't booting up correctly....the green light on the power button lights up, and I hear noises but I don't think the noisy fan is going on....when I push buttons on the keyboard then it makes some noises.

Oh yeah, computer is a dell that is about 4 years old.

Busted motherboard? Am I f'ing retarded and missing something?

 

[TTinCO]

You don't want to hear my answer

 

[shdw01]

work computer....so I don't care if it is fried.....

info backed up on server so no big loss except having to buy a new computer (the desk is vacant for the next month so as you can see the computer isn't an important one)

 

[TTinCO]

Good to hear. I'd say that the motherboard is fried.

 

[shdw01]

that's what I was thinking too....fricking dell computer is actually only 3.5 years old....

 

[MattRain]

The video card could have become partially unseated too... it's worth checking out.

Moot point though if the computer has an integrated video card.

 

[Geoff101]

that's what I was thinking too....fricking dell computer is actually only 3.5 years old....

there's the problem...electricity wasnt invented when that thing was manufactured....try starting it with coal and oil...