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I was thinking it could be the BIOS.

Years ago in the mid 90’s I had a black screen and of course we are to make a copy of our hard drive which I never did.

But one can go to Statbles etc they have that CD back up for almost all kinds of computers to restore the BIOS.

How to enter the BIOS or CMOS setup
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000192.htm

252 posted on 12/16/2009 6:19:10 AM PST by restornu (Atonement; Christ doesnt just make up the difference. He makes all the difference. ~ Brad Wilcox)

How to Set BIOS to Boot from CDROM
http://www.hiren.info/pages/bios-boot-cdrom

Some where among your CD’s that came with the computer you might have that CD!

253 posted on 12/16/2009 6:22:47 AM PST by restornu (Atonement; Christ doesnt just make up the difference. He makes all the difference. ~ Brad Wilcox)

That is why we moved the drive to an intact machine with a proven BIOS. No Joy. I replaced the BIOS battery in the sick computer as the first effort. Nope, it’s the HD. :-(

254 posted on 12/16/2009 6:29:21 AM PST by Gorzaloon ("Lay the proud usurpers low! Tyrants fall in every foe! Liberty's in every blow!")

You can update and flash a BIOS in a running machine, but if the BIOS is corrupted, the machine will not boot from the CD because the CD Drivers will never load. It will not boot from a floppy for the same reason, nor will it boot from a thumb drive because the USB ports are not initialized. The computer does not even know these storage devices are there.

LJ's BIOS began to boot and passed the POST (Power on self test), but since the boot device was dead and it could find no other devices to boot from it just threw up its hands in despair, or looped trying to find them.

256 posted on 12/16/2009 7:39:09 AM PST by Gorzaloon ("Lay the proud usurpers low! Tyrants fall in every foe! Liberty's in every blow!")