computer help please!

mysti corleone · 10-13-2005, 05:10 PM

hi i have a dell 4400 windows xp.. sony monitor.. i left my computer on for 3 hrs while i was taking a nap and listening to my music.. when i woke up the monitor became scrambled so i rebooted and it says that the monitor is in power saving mode.. i tried restarting again then the words on the monitor start up screen became gibberish.. and i restarted again.. the monitor goes back to power saving mode.. now the hard drive doesnt kick in.. the fans all work but i hear no beep.. i trried reformating but that didnt kick in and i tried a floppy drive boot disk.. it didnt work either can anyone help me please.. id be greatly appreciated

dai · 10-14-2005, 11:30 AM

try another video card,you may have had a power spike and lost your p/s

10-13-2005, 05:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
mysti corleone Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1 OS: xp	computer help please! hi i have a dell 4400 windows xp.. sony monitor.. i left my computer on for 3 hrs while i was taking a nap and listening to my music.. when i woke up the monitor became scrambled so i rebooted and it says that the monitor is in power saving mode.. i tried restarting again then the words on the monitor start up screen became gibberish.. and i restarted again.. the monitor goes back to power saving mode.. now the hard drive doesnt kick in.. the fans all work but i hear no beep.. i trried reformating but that didnt kick in and i tried a floppy drive boot disk.. it didnt work either can anyone help me please.. id be greatly appreciated

10-14-2005, 11:30 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,702 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	try another video card,you may have had a power spike and lost your p/s __________________