The Dreaded Black Screen!

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by IMSA A, Sep 11, 2007.

  1. IMSA A

    IMSA A Private E-2

    I think I have a real problem this time. Yesterday I turned my computer on and the screen just stayed black. No Windows welcome, no nothing. I shut my computer down, turned it on again and all was fine. Today I turn my computer on and black screen again, for good this time. My monitor has a light that just blinks when on but is receiving nothing from the computer and it’s blinking. Thinking it might be a video card, I swap out the card with another and no difference. I press on the button to open my CR/DVD tray and nothing, which leaves me to believe it’s not receiving power. The motherboard is an IBIT IC7-g and is about 4 years old. There’s a small fan on the motherboard about the size of a quarter that I discovers quit working. There are two lights on the lower right hand corner of the motherboard that are on, a red one and a green one. Any ideas? Would it be a bad motherboard? Processor? And if it is the motherboard what would I replace it with? Can I reuse my Intel processor?

    Thanks

    IMSA
     
  2. viper_boy403

    viper_boy403 MajorGeek

    check your motherboard manual, that red light probably means something. mine just has a single green LED

    do you get any beeps, fans spinning up, hard drive noises etc...?
     
  3. IMSA A

    IMSA A Private E-2

    Fans are on but no beeps of any kind. Hard drives seem ok.

    IMSA
     
  4. viper_boy403

    viper_boy403 MajorGeek

    so the hard drives spin up? when my motherboard died i got no HDD activity. does your HDD activity light flicker at all?
     
  5. IMSA A

    IMSA A Private E-2

    No, the HDD light is a solid blue and no flicker so I don't think the HD's are doing anything.

    IMSA
     

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