·         You are not the first one to face the trouble.

·         Some simple solutions.

– Check connections.

– Ensure that cards are inserted properly.

– Clean the devices.

– Check if minimum things needed to boot are present – motherboard, processor, a full bank of memory, videocard and a drive to boot.

·         The PC doesn’t start at all

– Count the number of beeps.

– No beeps – possible problem with BIOS or motherboard.

·         The PC starts – partially

– No signal on the monitior.

– Video signal present with error mesage.

– OS starts.

– OS does not start – Hard-disk problem.

·         Video

– No video at all.

– Snow on the screen.

– The picture is horrible. Bad colors, dots, and streaks.

 – Random, changing characters on the screen.

– The screen rolls upward or to the side.

·         Hard Drive

– Not bootable : A Hard Drive must be formatted and partitioned before it can be used.

– Not detected by the BIOS – Check on a different m/c.

∗ It works fine.

∗ It does not work.

·         Others

– System forgets time/settings