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Luvian · 11-16-2005, 03:29 PM

I need some help with a computer... Yesterday my brother called me. The day before that he came over, and we played Civilization 4 on a LAN. He went back home and didn't connect his computer.

Yesterday he connected it, but it wouldn't start. It would go up to when windows should load, but the screen would turn black, with with that little underline thing in the upper left corner that represent where you can type, but of course you couldn't type anything.

He rebooted, pressed F8, and tried Safe Mode, same thing. He tried loading the last working settings, it didn't work either. I suspected it might be the screen, as he's not using the same screen when he come over, and the bios detected his hard drive just fine. We tried one of his old screen he was using a month ago before he got his new one, and it didn't work either.

So I went and bought a new hard drive, brought his computer to my home to try repairing it, but before changing anything I connected it to the spare screen/keyboard he use whewn he come over, and this time windows booted.

What could be the problem? I'm guessing the screen, because only that and the keyboard changed, but if it's the screen, why wouldn't it work with the two screens at his home?

11-16-2005, 03:29 PM	#1
Luvian Ironworks Moderator Join Date: June 27, 2001 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Age: 44 Posts: 6,766	I need some help with a computer... Yesterday my brother called me. The day before that he came over, and we played Civilization 4 on a LAN. He went back home and didn't connect his computer. Yesterday he connected it, but it wouldn't start. It would go up to when windows should load, but the screen would turn black, with with that little underline thing in the upper left corner that represent where you can type, but of course you couldn't type anything. He rebooted, pressed F8, and tried Safe Mode, same thing. He tried loading the last working settings, it didn't work either. I suspected it might be the screen, as he's not using the same screen when he come over, and the bios detected his hard drive just fine. We tried one of his old screen he was using a month ago before he got his new one, and it didn't work either. So I went and bought a new hard drive, brought his computer to my home to try repairing it, but before changing anything I connected it to the spare screen/keyboard he use whewn he come over, and this time windows booted. What could be the problem? I'm guessing the screen, because only that and the keyboard changed, but if it's the screen, why wouldn't it work with the two screens at his home? __________________ Once upon a time in Canada...