Someone work this PC problem out

My friend was bored so he went to clean his computer. As most people do he took a vacum cleaner to the thing. . .

Now when he tries to boot up it gives him a message wich i think is just telling him what graphics card hes got. Something like X300 128mb part number ...

So i thought it would be a graphics card fault but it still displays the message. Anyone got any ideas?

Im going around tomorrow see if i the computer will boot without the card in and try a few other things.

edit: Looks like someone else did it http://www.techsupportforum.com/har...-solved-x300-dell-dimension-4700-problem.html

 

probably he knocked something loose

check for loose data/power cables to the hard/floppy disks
check that the graphics/sound cards and any other cards are pushed into the mother board edge connectors correctly

 

If that doesn't help, clear the CMOS jumper on the motherboard. See if you make progress.

 

If it's not posting past that point then he's probably knocked the graphics card. Tell him to remove it and then re-seat it.

 

If there was something wrong with the graphics card, you wouldn't see that message!

It sounds like the BIOS has detected an error and halted. Unplug any USB devices you have (it may try to boot from them if set incorrectly) and check the hard drive leads are in correctly.

Can you get to the BIOS setup menu? Or perhaps the POST screen by pressing TAB?

 

It may be safe to assume that Paulo's friend has resolved this since July.

 

Hopefully! ;-)

Still, beyond trying simple stuff, I'd go with madhatter's solution - give it a reset and see what happens.

Any word on this, Paulo?

 

Erm it was solved but as i said the solution is up there.