hmmm, not sure whats going on

munoshi · 12-05-2005, 02:50 PM

A friend of mine asked me if i would take a look at his computer
a compaq presario 7360,

he said he is unable to get his computer to boot picture on monitor

so i brought it home, and the first thing i tried was a different monitor,
to no avail,

so i messed with it for a little while and finally got it to boot a picture
turning it off and on again a few times, upon booting to windows
it is extremely sluggish , which i am not sure if that is a result
of malevolent files or if some how it is affilliated with whats
going on with the picture not booting?

i thought at first that it might just be the onboard video
going out but i thought that there would be some kinda
post beep , but there is nothing,

could it maybe be a ram issue?
sorry if any of this sounds ignorant but
am kinda at a loss ..

thanks for any help

dai · 12-08-2005, 07:08 AM

does it boot quickly in safe mode

munoshi · 12-09-2005, 06:23 PM

not sure, it only produces picture on moniter if you power cycle pc
a few times, but if i remember correctly it seems to boot
to log in screen ok but from then on it is extremely slow

dai · 12-10-2005, 01:01 AM

run the h/d manaufacturers diognostic utitlity on the h/d,if it finds no problems run
chkdsk /r

munoshi · 12-10-2005, 02:21 PM

where and how is this done?
sry for ignorance
thanks for qick reply

dai · 12-10-2005, 02:34 PM

boot from the xp cd and choose install
when it comes up with the repair press R
in the recovery console type
chkdsk /r
and press enter
if you go to the hard drive manaufacturers site,downloads/tools and d/l the dos version of the diognostic utility and run it to check there are no problems with the h/drive itself

munoshi · 12-10-2005, 03:31 PM

just curious, but do you think that the hard drive possibly
has something to do with the comp not sending signal to monitor?

i will go run the checks stated above.

thanks again for quick replys

dai · 12-11-2005, 01:02 AM

normally i would suspect the power supply and or spyware,but would like to eliminate the h/d as a problem

12-05-2005, 02:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
munoshi Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 128 OS: WINXP PRO	hmmm, not sure whats going on A friend of mine asked me if i would take a look at his computer a compaq presario 7360, he said he is unable to get his computer to boot picture on monitor so i brought it home, and the first thing i tried was a different monitor, to no avail, so i messed with it for a little while and finally got it to boot a picture turning it off and on again a few times, upon booting to windows it is extremely sluggish , which i am not sure if that is a result of malevolent files or if some how it is affilliated with whats going on with the picture not booting? i thought at first that it might just be the onboard video going out but i thought that there would be some kinda post beep , but there is nothing, could it maybe be a ram issue? sorry if any of this sounds ignorant but am kinda at a loss .. thanks for any help

12-08-2005, 07:08 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,539 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	does it boot quickly in safe mode __________________

12-10-2005, 01:01 AM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,539 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	run the h/d manaufacturers diognostic utitlity on the h/d,if it finds no problems run chkdsk /r __________________

12-10-2005, 02:34 PM	#6 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,539 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	boot from the xp cd and choose install when it comes up with the repair press R in the recovery console type chkdsk /r and press enter if you go to the hard drive manaufacturers site,downloads/tools and d/l the dos version of the diognostic utility and run it to check there are no problems with the h/drive itself __________________

12-11-2005, 01:02 AM	#8 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,539 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	normally i would suspect the power supply and or spyware,but would like to eliminate the h/d as a problem __________________

12-09-2005, 06:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
munoshi Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 128 OS: WINXP PRO	not sure, it only produces picture on moniter if you power cycle pc a few times, but if i remember correctly it seems to boot to log in screen ok but from then on it is extremely slow

12-10-2005, 02:21 PM	#5 (permalink)
munoshi Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 128 OS: WINXP PRO	where and how is this done? sry for ignorance thanks for qick reply

12-10-2005, 03:31 PM	#7 (permalink)
munoshi Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 128 OS: WINXP PRO	just curious, but do you think that the hard drive possibly has something to do with the comp not sending signal to monitor? i will go run the checks stated above. thanks again for quick replys