lost in the mountains wrote:

> I have a simular problem, but my screen does not go black it just sits
> ther and waits for me to select f1 or f10 for recovery and after i have
> done this it still does not work. any suggestions?

You have hardware failure. There's really no way for me to guess what
component has failed from your brief post. Either do hardware
troubleshooting or take the machine to a competent local computer repair
shop. I don't recommend using a BigComputerStore/GeekSquad type of place.

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...ardware_Tshoot

Malke
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