Power supply? Too many skimp on the size and pay for it later.
Does the system beep?
Bob
Hi everyone
Something odd happened last night. My PC has been working fine since I built it last Christmas but suddenly got stuck with the cursor stuck on the egg timer icon. I couldn't get the cursor to move to the start button for a reboot as it would reach the task bar and go no further so I used the windows key to bring up the start menu and rebooted the computer using the keyboard shortcuts. So far so good, but when the computer restarted the monitor remained blank and after about 20 seconds switched to standby as it wasn't receiving a signal from the PC. I checked the connections and all seemed to be secure so i tried again but with the same result. I noticed there was hard disk activity though, but this stopped after a while. It was as though the computer was booting for some reason the data wasn't reaching the monitor.
I don't have a spare monitor to check this out for myself so before I go to elaborate arrangements to get a lift to a friend's house and check on their monitor, I wodnered if anyone had encountered this before. I'm only guessing the PC is booting but I really have no idea what's happened. Can anyone shed any light?
Cliff
Athlon 64 processor
512 MB RAM
200 Gig hard drive
On-board video and sound
Sharp 17" LCD monitor

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