I have a Gateway GM5074b running Windows 7, graphics card GeForce 8500GT.
When trying to start the computer, the system powers up, fans audible and front-panel light on, and there's some initial noise from the drives, but the monitor remains on standby, and after the first 10-15 seconds there's no further sound of activity from the drives - aside from the fans, the system is inactive.
This has occurred once or twice in the past six months, but it resolved after leaving the system switched off for a little while. This time it seems to be permanent. I'm not sure which component is most likely to be the culprit in this case - if it were the hard drive I'd still expect the monitor to show something. My top candidates are the graphics card or the motherboard, but I'd welcome some advice in narrowing it down. Unfortunately, I don't currently have alternate components I could swap them out with to help eliminate the possibilities.
When trying to start the computer, the system powers up, fans audible and front-panel light on, and there's some initial noise from the drives, but the monitor remains on standby, and after the first 10-15 seconds there's no further sound of activity from the drives - aside from the fans, the system is inactive.
This has occurred once or twice in the past six months, but it resolved after leaving the system switched off for a little while. This time it seems to be permanent. I'm not sure which component is most likely to be the culprit in this case - if it were the hard drive I'd still expect the monitor to show something. My top candidates are the graphics card or the motherboard, but I'd welcome some advice in narrowing it down. Unfortunately, I don't currently have alternate components I could swap them out with to help eliminate the possibilities.