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Trying to install XP, screen is blank, not even bios shows

Started by hypnoticstate , Sep 02 2010 10:01 AM

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hypnoticstate

Posted 02 September 2010 - 10:01 AM

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I'm trying to install XP on a computer. I just formatted the hard drive on a different computer. Now the hard drive is back in it's original system. I turn it on, put the XP installation disc in but the screen is blank. At no point has anything showed up on screen, not even the bios loading. The light on the monitor is green so that seems to be on and the fans are running on the machine.

I did this exact same process to an identical computer using the same XP disc a few days ago and that went fine. Any ideas what's wrong here?