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BattleToad · March 4th, 2005, 05:59 PM

The problem is that the computer is receiving power (lights come on, PSU fan kicks in, CPU fan kicks in, CD/HDD spins) but only shows a black screen when it is cut on. Actually it shows a black screen for about 3 seconds and then monitor goes to stand-by mode. What do you guys think? Bad VGA port on the mobo(onboard video)? Bad mobo? I looked closely at the mobo looking for some kind of wear or burn, or melted/leaking capacitors but found nothing. Everything appears to be in good condition.

Its a Compaq Presario 4403US

System Specs:
Intel Celeron 1.4Ghz
128MB SyncDRAM (PC133)
"Integrated Direct AGP 3d Graphics with up to 11MB dynamically allocated as video memory" (there is an AGP slot, but its empty and the VGA port is coming off the mobo)
Win XP Home

Any ideas?

March 4th, 2005, 05:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
BattleToad Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Virginia Beach, Va Posts: 603	Compaq Wont Boot The problem is that the computer is receiving power (lights come on, PSU fan kicks in, CPU fan kicks in, CD/HDD spins) but only shows a black screen when it is cut on. Actually it shows a black screen for about 3 seconds and then monitor goes to stand-by mode. What do you guys think? Bad VGA port on the mobo(onboard video)? Bad mobo? I looked closely at the mobo looking for some kind of wear or burn, or melted/leaking capacitors but found nothing. Everything appears to be in good condition. Its a Compaq Presario 4403US System Specs: Intel Celeron 1.4Ghz 128MB SyncDRAM (PC133) "Integrated Direct AGP 3d Graphics with up to 11MB dynamically allocated as video memory" (there is an AGP slot, but its empty and the VGA port is coming off the mobo) Win XP Home Any ideas? __________________ "There are only 10 kinds of people in the world, those that can read binary, and those that cannot." Last edited by BattleToad : March 4th, 2005 at 06:02 PM.