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desktop switches on, no output to monitor via hdmi or vga cable.
computer was working fine last night, just tried turning on now.
fan kicks in on full, monitor says no input and stays blank, computer unresponsive to boot disks, switches of instant power button presses, usually have to hold in for 2 seconds.
its a dell inspiron 580 desktop with a dell widescreen monitor, is about 2 years old.
tried vga and hdmi cable, all was working fine yesterday tho day before it did crash through macafee and disk defrag freezing.
any help greatly recieved!
cheers
joe
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April 13th, 2012 08:00
My graphics card had gone kaput! New shiny graphics card = even sexier mass effect 3! Everbody,'s happy apart from my wife! Joe
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April 13th, 2012 05:00
Hi Joe,
Sounds like a power-on-self-test (POST) error. So you never see the Dell boot-up logo? Do you hear and beeps?
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April 13th, 2012 07:00
No beeps, hard drives and fans kick in the stays like that. Took it in to a repair shop else I'd try fixing it with a hammer!
Cheers for replying. Joe
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April 14th, 2012 18:00
Ok, good to hear!