RhysAndrews
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Hi all,
There's a machine at work which is playing up - unfortunately, it's fairly vital as it's connected to a serial printer used to print tickets for late students.
A staff member came in this morning and found the screen printing "No video input found". The computer was still on and it was working fine yesterday afternoon before she left.
I took it back to the office and had a little fiddle, and eventually it showed a signal - but it had automatically gone into the BIOS reporting that "During the last boot-up your system hung for an improper CPU speed". I restarted, and the machine booted up fine.
I returned it to its original location and after a few more restarts, got the signal going again. The staff member has sinced used it for about an hour, and she said it just switched off again while she was using it. The computer was still on, but video input was no longer there.
I would say it's a CPU or Motherboard issue (somehow I don't think it's a video card problem), but I'm not sure if there's anything else I can test before I replace a component. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Rhys Andrews
There's a machine at work which is playing up - unfortunately, it's fairly vital as it's connected to a serial printer used to print tickets for late students.
A staff member came in this morning and found the screen printing "No video input found". The computer was still on and it was working fine yesterday afternoon before she left.
I took it back to the office and had a little fiddle, and eventually it showed a signal - but it had automatically gone into the BIOS reporting that "During the last boot-up your system hung for an improper CPU speed". I restarted, and the machine booted up fine.
I returned it to its original location and after a few more restarts, got the signal going again. The staff member has sinced used it for about an hour, and she said it just switched off again while she was using it. The computer was still on, but video input was no longer there.
I would say it's a CPU or Motherboard issue (somehow I don't think it's a video card problem), but I'm not sure if there's anything else I can test before I replace a component. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Rhys Andrews