You might also try to reset your bios setting with the jumper on your
motherboard. I have had this problem when trying to overclock my processor
and the chip did not want to boot. Just a thought and it is a quick cheep
fix if possible.
brad marden
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Sanburn" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 3:49 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] no video


> It's unlikely that your PC would accept a separate video card.  Anyway, it
> doesn't sound like a video issue (based on what you said about the HD
light
> and the floppy drive light).  You may need to get into your BIOS and check
> the settings there.  The BIOS should probably be configured to boot first
> from the floppy and then from the hard drive.  When first starting, is the
> PC beeping at you at all?  This would give you some starting points for
> resolution (not video, that is).  Have you been inside the PC recently?
It
> could be that the drive cables have been switched or unplugged.
>
> Brian
>
> <<< you wrote... >>>
>
> I have a compaq presario 7360, win98 that does not boot.when i turn it
> on,nothing shows up on the sreen. no compaq logo, no ram count, no bios
> info. I have tried other good monitors, and have made sure all the cables
> are pluged into the motherboard. the hard drive spins but the light never
> goes out.I do not see the flopy light go on as it would during the
post.the
> video is built into the motherboard. could i get a new video card and plug
> it into a pci slot to see if is just the video on the motherboard or if it
> is the motherboard?
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