Well, I figured it might really be the bios since it was booting up (with a monitor screen) until I changed the bios setting of which drive was primary and which was secondary. It didn't like that one bit (the devil made me do it). :D It started to finish booting after that, then just went black. Never got a monitor picture after that. Before that, it was working fine when I left the shop with it. I did stand there and watch him check it out the first time.
They didn't charge me for any parts (like a new video card). The $100 was strictly labor. That was the minimum, and I guess I'm just glad they got it working again. ;) I don't have to take it in often. In fact this is the first time in....well, heck, this was the first time. I usually manage to fix it myself with the help of people like you guys in this group. Thanks!! Diane --- In [email protected], "JIM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Diane, > > > Yea, but they said the problem was a setting in the bios. So if that > > wrong setting was preventing a picture on the monitor, how did they > > fix it without being able to see the monitor? > > They used their own monitor. Most video cards today will just adapt to > whatever monitor is connected. I seriously doubt that the problem with a > bios setting, of course I can't be certain. I don't think I would leave my > computer with a repair person, I'd want to see him work on it so that I can > be certain that he is telling me the truth about what he finds. > > I had a problem with my Netgear wireless network. I called Netgear and they > woman I talked to was Asian. I could only understand one word in five... > except for OK. She insisted that I needed to give her the seriel number on > the unit. The print was so small that I couldn't read it, 8 and B looke > alike. I finally gave up and called Geek Squad. They couldn't come out for a > week. So I called a local company, they came out the next day and fixed the > problem within an hour. If I need help again I will call them. I hope I get > the same guy, he was only the second computer repair guy I felt knew what he > was talking about. > > Jim > If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
