Black screen PC wont boot up

[SaVas]

Anyone have any ideas?

Dell XPS
P4
XP Pro
nVidia 6800GT 256
1 gig ram
200 GB HD


yesterday while changing a flight plan, my screen went black. had to shut off PC pressing the power button, now it wont boot up at all. No boot up noises. Nada.

I called XPS support but the yutzes dont have me on file for some reason so I have to call customer support tomorrow morning to find out why before they will let me talk to tech support.

[SaVas]

just another addendum...

I installed my old 9800 Pro ATI card and still black screen

I can occasionally get a brief (half second) Dell logo with either card but then it goes black again

[GA_Pilot]

I had that problem once with my Dell. I called a local computer shop, and they said to unplug it for awhile, which I did, and still nothing. So they told me I could bring it in and they would take a look at it. Did that and the d*mn thing worked fine when I got it there. Even to this day I dont know why it did it....

[asda_price]

Hi Steve......!

I think that this could be a problem with your PSU - it could be faulty - you might want to swap it for another one and see if there's any difference.

Cheers... ...!

PS. Throw the Dell away... ... ... ...!

[SaVas]

LOL well of all things it wasnt the Dell, it was my LCD monitor. Apparently my monitor took a nosedive. thankfully I have my other monitor on my other PC that I plugged it into and viola

[GA_Pilot]

Pretty soon the only thing that is gonna be Dell about mine is the case...I am going to do a major overhaul, but I think I will use the Dell case.....

[4_Series_Scania]

My Dell monitors Great!  ::)

The rest of it is all self built.....

Glad you sorted it SaVas.  ;)

Secondhand Dell monitors, sourced from friend for