At the risk of sounding like I have NO idea what I am talking about, I am in search of information. After reading a couple of boards (msg, not mother) I am now completely confused and what i thought was a simple answer seems to be more complex.
Here's the situation (it's long, but I want to make sure I don't miss anything - I prefer to call that detail-oriented):
My daughter's electricity went out in her room, so she went downstairs to flip the breaker. Of course, she didn't know which one was which, so she flipped them all. (At least she knew what to do!) Good news, she has electricity...bad news, her brother's computer no longer is working. It was on when she flipped it...when he went to turn it back on, all he got was the Dell screen, the bar underneath turning white, then a black screen where the cursor blinked twice and thats it. After staring at the black screen forever hoping it would do something...it didn't.
I took it to a friend, who said after doing all these tests that it's the motherboard due to some light inside being yellow.
Here's what I need to know:
1. Does that sound right?
2. I am guessing there just isn't a generic motherboard...so, what kind?
3. Can I get one and where?
4. Anything information anyone thinks would be helpful.
Thanks!
eejjlove
Here's the situation (it's long, but I want to make sure I don't miss anything - I prefer to call that detail-oriented):
My daughter's electricity went out in her room, so she went downstairs to flip the breaker. Of course, she didn't know which one was which, so she flipped them all. (At least she knew what to do!) Good news, she has electricity...bad news, her brother's computer no longer is working. It was on when she flipped it...when he went to turn it back on, all he got was the Dell screen, the bar underneath turning white, then a black screen where the cursor blinked twice and thats it. After staring at the black screen forever hoping it would do something...it didn't.
I took it to a friend, who said after doing all these tests that it's the motherboard due to some light inside being yellow.
Here's what I need to know:
1. Does that sound right?
2. I am guessing there just isn't a generic motherboard...so, what kind?
3. Can I get one and where?
4. Anything information anyone thinks would be helpful.
Thanks!
eejjlove