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John Wells wrote:

>John Wells said:
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>Left the machine on overnight (it booted up fine again).  This morning,
>the screen was black.  The hard drive led was on as if something was
>accessing the drive, but no variance...it just stayed on.
>
>Rebooted, but can't even get it to post now.  The hard drive leds come on
>as if something is happening, but it doesn't send anything to screen. 
>Thought perhaps this might indicate a video card problem, but can't ping
>the box either so it doesn't seem to be booting up.  The video card
>problem wouldn't explain the freezes, anyway.
>
>Any thoughts from you hardware junkies on how to isolate the problem to
>the motherboard?  I hate to be hit with a restocking fee if it turns out
>not to be the problem.
>
>Thanks for the help, as always.
>
>John
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