Solve : Please Help My Computer!?

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Answer» Alright so a while back my computer started to act up, it wouldn't display anything when i turned it on but when i didn't touch it for while the screen would come up but it would be weird colored and distorted but as soon as i moved the mouse it would GO away again. After while of i got tired of this problem and i managed to get to the screen where you can completely reset your computer by pressing F11 or whatever when it was turning on. That fixed the problem but after i reinstalled my graphic card (a Nvidia 7300GT) the problem started up again. So i came to the conclusion that this was the problem and reset my computer again. At one point of messing around with my computer i ended up selecting one of the things that comes up when the computer starts up like "press F8 or F11" im pretty sure i clicked F8 but i cant be sure. I ended up at this screen that had a bunch of different settings (i cant remember what they all were exactly because this was a while ago). I went to something to do with video settings and im pretty sure i changed something to do with BIOS settings thinking maybe this would fix the problem(i was proven wrong of course). As soon as i accepted the changes the screen went black and ever since then nothing will display on the screen when i turn the computer on or anything. So really the problem is the fact that i messed up these settings or whatever, the whole deal with the graphic card is just what led up to the problem. I would really like to know how to fix this problem without taking it to get fixed or something drastic like that if possible as i'm not very tech savvy. My computer is a Gateway and it is Windows XP Home Edition. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!Try resetting your display drivers in safe mode. TAP F8 repeatedly after cold booting the computer to get to safe mode. QUOTE from: Quantos on August 07, 2009, 04:25:06 PM Try resetting your display drivers in safe mode. Tap F8 repeatedly after cold booting the computer to get to safe mode. Cold booting? Quote from: Helpmeh on August 07, 2009, 05:04:16 PM Cold booting? Yes, as opposed to warm or soft booting. It's after the power has been turned off for a while.... What are kids learning TODAY?Ok i tried that but nothing happens and my tower makes quite loud beepeing noisesCan you count the beeps, they actually mean something to some of us Well i think the beeps go with how many times i press F8, i know what you mean like those beeps thats like some sort of code ill never understand but ill give it a go.Ya it definitely just beeps however many time i click F8 i just tried it out. The system also uses what are called 'System Beeps', these can indicate what piece of hardware is failed/failing.Try it once pressing the F8 button 5 times, then try with 3.Alright i tried that but nothing happened, it didn't beep or anything. I'm fairly sure it only starts the beeping after i've repeatedly hit for like 5-10 seconds then it beeps whenever i hit it.I was just rereading your original post, did you disable the onboard video in the BIOS?Umm well let me think i remember when i changed whatever i did there were different things i could have changed it to. There was the original and maybe 2 or 3 other options? So ya i guess there is a good chance i could have done that because it did have to do with video and bios. I really cant remember what everything said though because this was months ago. I wish i could give more information, but if i did do that is there a chance to fix it?Go into the BIOS and take a look at what it is set to for graphics. Tell us what it says.Well thats the thing i don't know how to get back into that because nothing comes up to tell me when to click whatever it is to get into the bios. If to get into it you click F8 it wont come up because i've tried repeatedly clicking F8 from start since i don't know the correct time to click it up but then all that beeping starts and nothing comes up.

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Alright so a while back my computer started to act up, it wouldn't display anything when i turned it on but when i didn't touch it for while the screen would come up but it would be weird colored and distorted but as soon as i moved the mouse it would GO away again. After while of i got tired of this problem and i managed to get to the screen where you can completely reset your computer by pressing F11 or whatever when it was turning on. That fixed the problem but after i reinstalled my graphic card (a Nvidia 7300GT) the problem started up again. So i came to the conclusion that this was the problem and reset my computer again. At one point of messing around with my computer i ended up selecting one of the things that comes up when the computer starts up like "press F8 or F11" im pretty sure i clicked F8 but i cant be sure. I ended up at this screen that had a bunch of different settings (i cant remember what they all were exactly because this was a while ago). I went to something to do with video settings and im pretty sure i changed something to do with BIOS settings thinking maybe this would fix the problem(i was proven wrong of course). As soon as i accepted the changes the screen went black and ever since then nothing will display on the screen when i turn the computer on or anything. So really the problem is the fact that i messed up these settings or whatever, the whole deal with the graphic card is just what led up to the problem. I would really like to know how to fix this problem without taking it to get fixed or something drastic like that if possible as i'm not very tech savvy. My computer is a Gateway and it is Windows XP Home Edition. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!Try resetting your display drivers in safe mode. TAP F8 repeatedly after cold booting the computer to get to safe mode. QUOTE from: Quantos on August 07, 2009, 04:25:06 PM

Try resetting your display drivers in safe mode. Tap F8 repeatedly after cold booting the computer to get to safe mode.

Cold booting? Quote from: Helpmeh on August 07, 2009, 05:04:16 PM

Cold booting?

Yes, as opposed to warm or soft booting. It's after the power has been turned off for a while....

What are kids learning TODAY?Ok i tried that but nothing happens and my tower makes quite loud beepeing noisesCan you count the beeps, they actually mean something to some of us Well i think the beeps go with how many times i press F8, i know what you mean like those beeps thats like some sort of code ill never understand but ill give it a go.Ya it definitely just beeps however many time i click F8 i just tried it out. The system also uses what are called 'System Beeps', these can indicate what piece of hardware is failed/failing.Try it once pressing the F8 button 5 times, then try with 3.Alright i tried that but nothing happened, it didn't beep or anything. I'm fairly sure it only starts the beeping after i've repeatedly hit for like 5-10 seconds then it beeps whenever i hit it.I was just rereading your original post, did you disable the onboard video in the BIOS?Umm well let me think i remember when i changed whatever i did there were different things i could have changed it to. There was the original and maybe 2 or 3 other options? So ya i guess there is a good chance i could have done that because it did have to do with video and bios. I really cant remember what everything said though because this was months ago. I wish i could give more information, but if i did do that is there a chance to fix it?Go into the BIOS and take a look at what it is set to for graphics. Tell us what it says.Well thats the thing i don't know how to get back into that because nothing comes up to tell me when to click whatever it is to get into the bios. If to get into it you click F8 it wont come up because i've tried repeatedly clicking F8 from start since i don't know the correct time to click it up but then all that beeping starts and nothing comes up.

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