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Hardware Problem #239594 12/05/08 19:23 12/05/08 19:23
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 353 A amy OP Senior Member
amy OP Senior Member A Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 353	I have a strange problem with my computer since a few days. Sometimes after switching it on it won´t POST. The fans and HD start up but the monitor stays black. This happened about 5 times so far and each time I got it to work again by disconnecting the power cable for a few minutes (at least it seems like this was what helped). After it has booted it runs rock solid and without any problems. Any ideas?

Re: Hardware Problem [Re: amy] #239634 12/06/08 00:48 12/06/08 00:48
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 268 United States Doof_Guy Member
Doof_Guy Member Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 268 United States	it might be the power supply or the video card... edit: I had the same problem with my computer...for me it was that the fan on the video card failed and i had to buy a new one. It could also be the power supply tho Hopes this helps Doof Last edited by Doof_Guy; 12/06/08 01:32. To see what 3d models i have made and animated, see the link to my bloghttp://championsdawn.blogspot.com

Re: Hardware Problem [Re: Doof_Guy] #239659 12/06/08 10:28 12/06/08 10:28
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 353 A amy OP Senior Member
amy OP Senior Member A Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 353	I will try to simply switch off power completely in the future and sometime next year i will buy a new graphics card anyway. Such problems suck though. You would always need two similar computers for swapping parts to figure out the reason but my older computer uses AGP and a different CPU socket and so on so it isn´t of any use.