I can help by suggesting that you not revive year and a half old threads, please create a new one and let this one die

Hmmm, if the markings are on the display cover it might have damaged a component of the screen, however I have very limited experience in repairing LCD screens short of replacement.

Well you said he dropped it so there might have been some damage to the motherboard, how extensive is the case damage?

Refer to this post for my explanation on network blocks http://www.daniweb.com/forums/post397414.html#post397414
Regarding the laptop, have you checked the memory?

If you are a teacher then you should at least know the procedures to get a site unblocked. Especially a site that is in no way illicit. Speak with your network administrator preferably the...

Yeah if it's a new computer that's not the case. I ran Gunbound on a 5 year old computer with embedded video.

I'm fairly sure the Gunbound website has the updated drivers on the same page you downloaded the game. Otherwise just update the drivers by going to the OEM website.

As far as I have ever known they cannot damage a mobo unless there are some code maniacs out there that can make the platters jump out of the case and onto the board:lol: , but some can however...

Is it a desktop or a laptop, because if it a desktop there is a jumper on the motherboard to reset the BIOS password. The label next to the pins should either be labelled BIOS PWD or something like...

He's somewhat right that it had to be reformatted but the fact that it was writing binary to the hard-drive is a little off since its ALWAYS writing binary to the hard-drive. 1s and 0s(on and off) is...

Well one thing you could do to test and rule out the power supply is to take it back to that shop and have them try it in another computer. They should do this for free unless they are really mean,...

They are correct about installing a 350 watt power supply, if you are replacing a power supply never install a lower wattage. But the fact that they told you that it would not work with the recovery...

Sorry, while it is booting hold the F8 key, a menu screen should show up. One of the choices will be VGA Mode. Select that with the arrow keys and press enter. If it works past that then right click...

Try botting in VGA mode with F8 the resolution may be set to high and making your screen freak out trying to provide a picture it just cant. Once in (if it works) check and change the resolution.

I had a similar problem, it wasn't the box that you mentioned but it was a video of a grandma kicking a baby, there were no processes/hidden processes to speak of and no installed programs nor...

I am not sure which solutions you tried but if this was not one of them it usually is the fix. There should be a fn key on your keyboard, hold that and repeatedly press the up arrow. Hope that helps,...

OK, like I always do I'll ask a few basic questions, other than the hard drive did you add any new hardware or install any new programs? Have you tried to boot it in safe-mode?

Can you hear one(1) beep when the machine starts? Also are you sure the monitor cable is connected firmly and plugged in, if the cables aren't secured they pop out fairly easily.

Sorry I made HUGE grammar error, I meant to say Are the hard drive cables firmly connected. Like cscgal said any media in a drive(floppy, cd, zip) or other could cause the computer to attempt to boot...

Well PCI is a white slot and AGP is a shorter normally brown slot with a retention clip around it (sometimes)

Like I said, its not fixed until you can make the problem go away AND come back. OK, is the card AGP or PCI?

Well keep me posted because "I don't know how" isn't actually fixing it. What did you do by the way.

What type is it?

What BIOS do you have? AMI/AWARD/Phoenix?

There was beeping? How many?

No, I don't which is really unfortunate since this is becoming a long thread.

Hmm, you have a really crappy Emachines then because that is the brand I am working on and I have had it for four years without fail once. Back to the topic, and back to basics. Turn on the...

I'm trying to try everything before resorting to replacing the card. So, I'm getting short on the troubleshooting questions here. Have you installed any other hardware? What damn computer do you have...

You don't have any Power indication light on your case? Ok, well I guess you tell there is power from the fans. Does the led on the monitor turn green or does it stay orange/blink orange?

OK then I guess we'll continue here then. Do you mean it does not have a power led or a voltage switch? Secondly when you tried to use the integrated video did you remove the card?

Ok, since you seem to be pretty much on right now, do you have yahoo instant messenger?

Also 300 watts isn't that great so you might want to try disconnecting a couple devices IE. the power hogs and unneccesary devices. Network cards/Modems printer/scanner etc. and see if that helps.

You won't believe it but I got this problem yesterday at work while cloning a Dell Latitude. I reluctantly called Dell and they said exactly what you seemed to have learned as well, fubar

OK, some more questions. Is the case power led on? Look on the back of the case there will be a red/black switch that will say 115 220, be sure it is switched to 115, unless you live in Europe.

Do you have another computer that you can test the video card in?

As far as I know the BIOS checks the video before the keyboard

Well, if it was after you installed the network card then the obvious first step would be to remove the network card and check the OEM website for your motherboard and the network card to check for...

Well this sounds stupid but I had the same problem a while back but even though the case button snapped back with the spring the power button that is actually pressed would stick, causing it to...

Well, you might have to open up the case. One situation would be if the video card is not seated properly, which would only be case if you had a card and not integrated video.

First things, first is there a floppy disk in the drive?
2. Are the hard drive cable(s) firmly?
3. Was there an electrical problem that caused the spontaneous shutdown
}such as a brown...