My daughter was installing software for her new Blackberry a few days ago and something is now terribly wrong. I accidentally hit the power button and the computer did not turn off however; the monitor went blank. I held the power button down until it switched off then waited 3 minutes and tried to turn it back on. The computer appears to be on, the fan is running and the monitor seems normal except I am receiving a box on the monitor that says this:
SELF TEST G
CHECK YOUR PC AND SIGNAL CABLE R
MONITOR IS WORKING B

My daughter says she has been back on the computer and actually completed the installation of her Blackberry software however; it is definitely not working now.
Last night was the first time I received a message other than the one above but it was only for a minute or so. The message said something like, the last time I was in Windows, it shut down incorrectly and it would start again in BLANK (it was counting down the seconds) seconds. As soon as the counter reached zero, I received the message above again then the monitor went black. (the light was still on though so it was as if it was sleeping). I also noticed a few minutes ago that the keyboard light is not on and the mouse light is not on so they are not working either. I tried disconnecting and reconnecting everything but that didn't work.
The computer is about 4 1/2 years old. It is an Emachine T3085. I am sorry to say but that is all I know about it. I am not computer illiterate once I'm in but when it comes to having knowledge about what makes it all work, I have no clue. We have two other laptops that we use however; my husband and one daughter will not give up this old desktop. If there is any other information you need that could possibly be on the outside of the computer, let me know and I will try to find it. The only thing we use it for is to surf the internet, and for storing pictures.

Any help at all will be VERY much appreciated ;0)

Thanks!!
CindiSee if this helps
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060922033803AAKKiljI found this too
"I had the same error message. Turned out to be a dodgy memory card"I looked everywhere for that message and couldn't find ANYTHING about it, I can't believe you found it!
I messed around with the computer last night and put a few of the pieces of the puzzle together. Since my keyboard and mouse weren't working, I realized that there was no power going to them. The monitor was plugged in so it had power but wasn't working with the computer. I was going to see if my daughter had left the software CD in but when I tried to open it, it would not open. I have a docking station for my work LAPTOP so I tried to connect it to that monitor and it still didn't work. The computer was powering up but it wasn't booting. As I said before, I can get around just fine once I am in, but when it comes to what is inside the big box, I have NO CLUE. So....I opened it and decided to go into unknown territory! It was really dusty in there! I LEARNED by reading posts on this website not to touch the Mother Board because of something that has to do with static, so I only checked the wires to make sure they were connected.
I have no probelm with getting rid of the big ole thing, I just have alot of pictures on it that I want. I have been in the process of going through them and saving them on a flash drive but wasn't finished yet.
I went out last night and bought something called a "Hard Drive Enclosure Kit". I think it will work. Have you ever heard of it? It seems that I just have to put my hard drive in it and the guy at the store said I will be able to plug it in to any computer and everything from my old PC will be on it. Do you know anything about it?
I am afraid that I will install it into my laptop and screw my laptop up. Plus I don't want EVERYTHING on my laptop that was on the old one. Are you familiar with the Kit?

Thanks!!!!
CindiYes actually I have heard of them. I DONT have one, but they sound so easy to use.... even I could do it.
You dont need to actually take everything off your old drive onto your lappy. You connect it to your laptop and go through the drive getting out what you want.Well that is certainly a relief! I have the Hard Drive out now so I will let you know how it goes............

Thanks again!!
CINDI