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Windows XP/2000 - Hour glass runs and wont do anything on boot posted in the Operating Systems forums; Sometimes just reseating them will do the trick-- the signal from a video card to motherboard is very very small. On an older computer-- minor surface tarnish on the connector ...

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Old 11-24-2007   #22
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Sometimes just reseating them will do the trick-- the signal from a video card to motherboard is very very small.
On an older computer-- minor surface tarnish on the connector tabs-- can be enough to affect it-- when you reseat it the connector gets better contact-- and away you go.

Glad it was a cheap fix.
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How was this thread marked as resolved? I would like to know for future posts.... Thanks!
Hello Only staff members are allowed to edit thread titles, this is how we add the Resolved, Fixed, Answered etc tag.
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Hello Only staff members are allowed to edit thread titles, this is how we add the Resolved, Fixed, Answered etc tag.
Oh ok! Well thanks everyone for the help on fixing my sons PC...
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