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You may have a Video adapter on the motherboard. (Onboard Video) Buying a Video Card will not fix your problem. You may need a new power supply and/or motherboard. Way - Way too many possibility's for a remote fix. You need to find a repair shop. You need to buy a high-end surge protector (not a $10 piece of junk) if this is the 2nd time your PC has been destroyed.
I have never seen a breaker on the power supply no simple solution there.
The power supply provides many voltages - the lights and fans may come on and you can still have a power problem with the MB. This is something a repair shop can swap in and out - you would have to buy the parts one at a time in till you have replaced most of the computer. (that's what I did on my first PC build - I needed to add only a case and a power supply and ended-up building two PCs).
Do you hear the hard drive spin-up or does Windows play the Start-Up sound? Start the computer and repeatedly hit the "Delete" key (this might get you into the BIOS). If the BIOS displays you are in much better shape MB wise.
MB (motherboard) replacement is something that is easy after you have done 1 or 2. But, there are just too many pitfalls for the inexperienced. If you want to try this - first get a book something like PC Repair for Dummies if it's still in print.
The cost factor is in needing to pay the repair shop to do the replacement. They may want $200 for that job.
Factor that into the cost of the motherboard and you can see why most people just buy a new one.
Try to find a shop that will do a free estimate or LOW cost estimate for the repair.
The power supply provides many voltages - the lights and fans may come on and you can still have a power problem with the MB. This is something a repair shop can swap in and out - you would have to buy the parts one at a time in till you have replaced most of the computer. (that's what I did on my first PC build - I needed to add only a case and a power supply and ended-up building two PCs).
Do you hear the hard drive spin-up or does Windows play the Start-Up sound? Start the computer and repeatedly hit the "Delete" key (this might get you into the BIOS). If the BIOS displays you are in much better shape MB wise.
MB (motherboard) replacement is something that is easy after you have done 1 or 2. But, there are just too many pitfalls for the inexperienced. If you want to try this - first get a book something like PC Repair for Dummies if it's still in print.
The cost factor is in needing to pay the repair shop to do the replacement. They may want $200 for that job.
Factor that into the cost of the motherboard and you can see why most people just buy a new one.
Try to find a shop that will do a free estimate or LOW cost estimate for the repair.
After I posted my last response, I just shut it down and turned the monitor off. (i had turned the monitor off previously, but only for a short time) this time I left it off about half hour. I read another guys post of a similar problem, but that it only happens once in a while, so I took a long shot and turned the pc on, waited a minute then turned the monitor on.... IT WORKED!! i'm still in the dark on how to have my desktop come up on start up instead of admin, but was able to log off, and switch users, everything booted as normal, I opened e-mail, and clicked a few things and all is good. I then shut it off until I can get a real surge protector. So am I safe now in the motherboard/power area since it did turn on and all went well? i'm going to assume there is still an issue somewhere since this incident occurred, where should I focus on searching? could this have just been a fluke? maybe just needed a good shut down for a longer period of time since the lights dimmed? should I not even worry about it now? I'm too afraid to start it back up without the proper protection to see if it happens again and am thinking that since it did work, if it does happen again i can still get it to work somehow.
Thank you again for all of your help!!
Thank you again for all of your help!!
It may have been the powering up the PC before you turned on the monitor that go you running. If the PC runs I would not worry about it. Now you need to worry about the monitor !!!! Good Luck
Oct 7, 2008 at 08:37 PM
And YES you are right, I do need a real surge protector! but if it was that, wouldnt everything else go out too?