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dickeyjay
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_ 		4. January 2006 @ 21:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This lady dropped off a Compaq presario, says its broke if i fix it I can have it. Well I looked on the front and it seems to be pretty decsent with a pentuim 4 proccesor. There is a number on the front S4000v I don't know what that really means anyway. I can't get it start any monitors I have around here, it comes on and the proccesor fan is on but it want prompt any of the monitors I have connected.
Any suggestions anyone.
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zippyd
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_ 		5. January 2006 @ 00:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
does it show anything on the monitor...like a cursor on black screen...?
could be RAM up and died, Could be the integrated graphics gone bad....
Unfortunately not booting could be a plethora of things...
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Phantom69
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_ 		5. January 2006 @ 02:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i suppose this is one of thos things that are easier done in instant relay or in person, why not try using the IRC chat...
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ddp
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_ 		5. January 2006 @ 06:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
check this link. also try clearing the cmos as might kick start the system back on line.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/prodinfoCategory?lc=en&cc=ca&d...
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dickeyjay
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_ 		5. January 2006 @ 07:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
First it doesn't do anything, so I can't see anything on the monitor. Two what is IRC chat, and Three if was the ram would the computer even boot, the power light and, the cpu fan is coming on. I have only a few days to get this right.
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ddp
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_ 		5. January 2006 @ 07:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
if have bad ram than might not boot or see anything on screen if using onboard video as it uses main ram. disconnect all cards & ram except for videocard & 1 stick of ram. reseat those. disconnect all cables to drives. check the can shaped objects on motherboard which are capacitors that they are flat topped not domed. try another psu. any beep error codes? moved.
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wdowsing
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_ 		5. January 2006 @ 14:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It looks like that comp has got built in ram, which may have been disabled so clear the cmos to get back to origanal settings as that has a few options on the video card so if a video card was used then the onboard would have been disabled.
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