i recently started my pc and there were lines in the display of the bios post screen
and then screen switched to a fullscreen like heaps of "a" type characters.
then went to windows loading screen still display looks funny
then screen goes blank monitor goes to standby and pc power light still on go no hd activity @ all!
any ideas wtf is goin on with this thing.

Hello Venomnz Welcome to PCHF

Typically a problem like that is related to memory. Either your RAM or video memory. The order I would use to troubleshoot a problem like that is...

1. Reseat the memory. That means to take your memory out and put it back in. I usually switch memory banks at that time as well.
2. If that didn't help, then I'd run Memtest86. It is a free memory diagnostic program. If you click the link at the bottom of my post, you can download it there and they give you instructions to make a boot CD. You will boot the computer to that CD you make with it and it will start automatically. Let it go through a couple passes and look for red errors.
3. If you don't find any errors during Memtest, then last I'd try to reseat your video card and test a different video card. If you are using a third party video card and have on-board video, then take the video card out and switch to your on-board video card.

If you still have the same problem after all that testing, then I'd suspect a problem on your motherboard. If it is a laptop, the only thing you can try is the memory. If reseating the memory and running Memtest doesn't solve the problem, then your problem is on the motherboard and most likely uneconomical to repair.

Try those things and tell me how it turns out.

__________________

cheers bro ill give that a try when i get home..ill let ya know how it goes

Hi welcome to PCHF hey another Aussie! Also if your graphics card is not onboard reseat it to. If your graphics card is seperate it could be faulty. If its's onboard it will be a RAM issue for sure.

__________________

• Shepparton PC Repair

yep my graphics card is fried need a new one found a post thru nvidia same cards same problems easily solved needed a new one anyways.

the forum for that can be found at

NVIDIA Forums > Xp startup garbled with strange dots