hello from a geek wannabe: I was trying to help a friend fix her computer, brought it over to my house hooked it up and everything was fine, xp started, I was able to install programs (let me back up--after someone else reinstalled xp on her computer, she got a gateway logo screen then a black screen with a flashing dash in upper left hand corner--that's it, unable to do anything, can't even open the disc drives) computer wasn't picking up the modem, so I removed one from one of my computers installed it on hers rehooked everything and oops back to the black screen. the weird thing is now the computer I took the modem out of won;t start up and there is no power going to the mouse or keyboard. How can I fix this? :eek: :o
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Jump to Postthis is not meant to be mean just some advice ,i learned the hardway.
You in over your head ,take it to someone with a little more knowlege ,before you brake something .
you should get an older tower at a flea market for learning ,not a friends good computer
Jump to PostOK,it could be either hardware or software .start with this ,open the case and remove all addin cards like modem and sound ,ect ect ,unplug the cdrom ,and floppy ,try to turn it on see what happens.?? if nothing ,then take out the video card ,reboot does it sound like …
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