Hi,

I purchased my Compaq Presario desktop in 2006. Today, it won't boot.
It will turn on and show the Compaq logo screen on the bios. After a second or two, the image messes up and sort of 'repeats' all the way up and down the screen. Nothing else happens. Upon rebooting, the monitor does not recieve a signal at all. If I let it sit off for a while, and then turn it on, the whole process repeats. It does not even get to the windows startup screen.

Some other info:

• The power supply was just replaced. This happens with both the old and new power supply.
• The VGA port seems to be intact, and the logo screen appears perfectly at first.
• I don't hear any beeps when it starts booting.
• Everything is connected correctly. I know how to do that.
• I'm using the onboard integrated graphics.

Hello Firepith, Welcome to PCHF!

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Thanks for your patience,

Smokeycheech

Hi Firepith - Welcome to PCHF!!!

It sounds like it maybe your CPU overheating or a problem with your onboard graphics. If you can get into BIOS for a short period you may be able to see what temperature the cpu temp is.

If the cpu looks fine or you can't get into BIOS then i'd say your motherboard is faulty and needs to be replaced.