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Kashfa
05-24-2006, 09:42 AM
Hey guys can anyone please help well something is wrong with my pc i gave it to someone to fix it and they say that a drivers disk is required however i dont seem to have a drivers disk for times computer is there any plc i can download it from? i tried to put the pc on b4 it was just a blank blue screen and now its showing different colours like green red and blue does anyone know whats happening? i would appreciate your help and thanks in advance

PrntRhd
05-24-2006, 09:53 AM
Welcome to the PC Guide forums,
but I had to move this to Core Hardware as "NO HELP QUESTIONS IN PC WORLD".

Sylvander
05-24-2006, 10:25 AM
Forget about the drivers for now; you don't even have completion of the POST ["Power-On Self-Test"].

"its showing different colours like green red and blue does anyone know whats happening?"
1. This is what a monitor does when there is no input signal received by it [either no signal output by the video card, or there is a signal but it isn't reaching the monitor].
Is the monitor properly connected to the video card and are the cable and connections ok?
2. During PC Startup, are there signs of life? [LED's blinking, fans running?]
3. Do you hear any beeps?

Sylvander’s Diagnostic Flowcharts
Download a copy of my diagnostic flowcharts from here
www.erniek.eclipse.co.uk/downloads/sylvanderdiags.zip
and print them to leaf through.
Begin on the STARTUP chart.
That should take you to the NO POST chart.
...And take a look at...
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NO POST, NO BEEP, NO VIDEO
www.pcguide.com/vb/showthread.php?t=39685
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Your Startup isn't getting to step 3 below...

A typical and successful startup sequence
1. Start of Boot Troubleshooting Walkthrough
http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/boot/walk/index.htm
2. Yes: The system power supply is functioning
http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/boot/walk/power1.htm
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You should hear a single short beep at about this point indicating the successful running/completion of the POST.
Some PC’s beep much later, possibly as late as just before step 12.
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3. Yes: Something is being written to the screen during boot up [This may be only a flashing cursor]
http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/boot/walk/video1.htm
4. The video BIOS message is displayed on the screen for a few seconds and then clears from the screen, or more messages display under it
http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/boot/walk/vbios1.htm
5. Yes: The system BIOS startup screen is appearing
http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/boot/walk/bios1.htm
6. The memory test completes successfully
http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/boot/walk/ram1.htm
7. The BIOS accesses the floppy drives and the boot continues
http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/boot/walk/seek1.htm
8. The system is able to autodetect IDE devices successfully
http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/boot/walk/auto1.htm
9. The system is not Plug and Play compatible, has no Plug and Play devices, or has PnP devices but identifies them properly
http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/boot/walk/pnp1.htm
10. Boot sequence is A: before C: (floppy disk first)
http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/boot/walk/seqAC.htm
11. The floppy disk makes a noise and the light comes on
http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/boot/walk/fd1.htm
12. The floppy disk light goes off and the hard disk light comes on as it starts booting
http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/boot/walk/fd1hdd.htm
13. The hard disk boot process will continue here, if you want to follow it.
http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/boot/walk/hd1.htm
14. The system continues booting from the hard disk and the message "Starting MS-DOS" or "Starting Windows 95" is displayed
http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/boot/walk/hd1os.htm
15. Operating System Loaded From Hard Disk. The system has found a boot sector on the hard disk and is now starting the load of the operating system. The hard disk is working. You have successfully completed the hardware part of the boot process. Any problems encountered after this point should be diagnosed by looking for a more specific problem with a component, or under the section that contains run-time error messages.