- Jul 27, 2013
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I gave my old dell PC to an older gentleman as a gift since I bought a new tower. The old one I gave him is a Dell vista 32 bit. Home Premium.
He told me it quit on him and he had only a black screen.
Come to find out he has never used a PC and was shutting it down with the power button. My bad as I should have asked.
I got it back with intentions of using the restore function and then to counsel him on computer basics. I cannot get a screen to work with. It is running, but I cannot open the boot menu (tapping F8 key).
I know the cable and monitor are good.
I am testing with my good monitor and monitor cable. I am making this post on my working system.
Any suggestions to get this thing to boot/display screen, so I can restore it? I am intermediate as far as skill level. I have performed this task on many occasions.
Thanks in Advance........John
Note: I also found out he needs no internet. He is using it for games he has on CD's. I'm certain all the internet protection programs were present for him and I am certain he had no idea as to how to deal with them.
So if I can fix/restore it, I will make sure he only has the basic functions.
He told me it quit on him and he had only a black screen.
Come to find out he has never used a PC and was shutting it down with the power button. My bad as I should have asked.
I got it back with intentions of using the restore function and then to counsel him on computer basics. I cannot get a screen to work with. It is running, but I cannot open the boot menu (tapping F8 key).
I know the cable and monitor are good.
I am testing with my good monitor and monitor cable. I am making this post on my working system.
Any suggestions to get this thing to boot/display screen, so I can restore it? I am intermediate as far as skill level. I have performed this task on many occasions.
Thanks in Advance........John
Note: I also found out he needs no internet. He is using it for games he has on CD's. I'm certain all the internet protection programs were present for him and I am certain he had no idea as to how to deal with them.
So if I can fix/restore it, I will make sure he only has the basic functions.
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