Wil & Megan Seiler wrote: > My PM 8500 has just ceased startup with no warning and I'm hoping someone > can help me. The power comes on, chimes, hard drives tick away as normal but > nothing comes on the monitor. I have tried another monitor, alternative CPU > and hard drives but no difference. My monitor has a little light that > normally changes from orange to green when it starts up but it is not > changing. Does this all mean that I have a problem in the Motherboard? What > are my options (if any). I have fallen back on my reserve 6100 and it has > taken me a day just to get emails working, so I am really heading for > despair and depression... Any help or support will be greatly appreciated.
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