computer specs are: CPU : AMD Sempron™ 3100+ Processor (256KB L2 cache, 1.8GHz, 1600MHz system bus) Operating System : Genuine Microsoft® Windows® XP Home SP2 Chipset : NVIDIA® Crush 51 Memory : 512MB DDR (1 × 512MB) 400MHz (PC3200)+ 1GB DDR ram Hard Drive : 100GB (7200rpm, 2MB cache) + 320GB seagate hdd Optical Drive : 16x multiformat dual-layer DVD±RW drive (up to 8.5GB with dual-layer media) Media Reader : 8-in-1 digital media manager (Secure Digital™ (SD), Smart Media, Micro Drive, Memory Stick®, Memory Stick Pro®, Compact Flash, Multimedia Card, USB 2.0) Video : NVIDIA® GeForce®™ 6100 GPU Up to 128MB of shared video memory PCI-Express® (PCI-E x16) slot available Sound : 6-channel (5.1) AC'97 audio Network : 10/100Mbps Ethernet LAN Modem : 56K ITU v.92-ready fax/modem My computer knowledge is low. Last week the power went out for my whole set up and when the power came back on, the computer came back on with the fans spinning and everything running except the monitor. I turned it off then back on a few times and it managed to start normally. This past Sunday while playing a game, during the switch between game resolution to lobby resolution, the screen went completely black but i could still hear some game sounds. I turned off my computer using the power button press for 5 seconds. Then tried turning it back on and it was like the day the power went out. The fans all start running right away, the cpu fan used to take a few seconds and would start after what i thought was the hard drives booting up. I don't really hear if the hard drives are spinning since the cpu fan is rather loud. The front hard drive activity light is on as soon as the power comes on and stays on. I cannot see anything on the screen. No bios setup, nothing. My monitor just thinks it's off. I tried to see how long it would all stay in that state. I only tried up to 5 minutes but it stayed the same throughout; fans spinning, possibly hard drives spinning. I tried out a few guides on the internet. I removed my ram cleaned it and put it back one by one. That didn't work. I also removed the cmos battery and that didn't work either. I haven't tried much else except cleaning most of the surface dust off. A friend told me it might be the powersupply acting up or graphics card breaking down. But it's integrated graphics and someone else told me that if its an integrated graphics card then i'd have to replace the whole cpu or something like that. I need help T_T thanks.
