Hey guys,

I´m from brazil and my english is not so good as yours, so excuse me if I writte something wrong. The problem is: I have a computer and it doesnt starts. I dont known why. I turn it on and it stays in the black screen... nothing appears on the monitor. The monitor appears to be in the "stand by" MODE(orange ligth) and the computer doesnt Starts the POST tests. I remove the memory modules and the motherboard make some beeps... I think thats good cause the motherboard is not bad. I tried to turn it on with the basic pheripehals but the problem continue. I tried to CHANGE the video card and the problem still persists. So, I dont known what to do now... Advices ?? I´ll apreciate !

Thanks a lot.Do you have virus protection installed? Have you installed any new hardware/software prior to this incident?

[glb]FLAME[/glb]I've had the same problem, turns out that the pin on the video cable that tells the monitor to "wake up" was bent, therefore the monitor STAYED in standby mode. If possible, try a different monitor, and check the pins on the end of the video cable and make sure none are bent down. Also a problem with a virus and/or hardware could be possible, but I think it would be more of a hardware/software issue. I do not remember how (different motherboards are different.) but there is a jumper to reset the CMOS, but I can't tell you how because all motherboards are different. If it's not passing the POST test beep then chances are there is something wrong with the BIOS/CMOS settings. Possibly the BIOS battery is dead or going dead, which can corrupt settings. I have a computer where the clock will never stay SET because the RTC battery is dead (Real Time Clock battery).