Originally Posted by
BAMF
As soon as you power it on, without even allowing you to boot into setup/BIOS or displaying a logo or anything, it just displays a black screen with a cursor? If my previous statement is exactly whats happening, then its 99% thats a hardware failure and not something punching buttons will fix. And not a small hardware failure, either. If you can at least get a prompt like "Press [delete/F10/F8/some key] to enter Setup/BIOS" things would be a lot easier to troubleshoot, but if not you have a serious problem.
Its possible (but not likely) that you have a problem with your hard drive, which would be the best case scenario here, really. To troubleshoot that, unplug your hard drive and start the computer. Post your results.
Ummm...You know how people look, when they go to a shop and the shop says they need a new timing belt? Thats the look I have currently have.
LOL This isn't like a conventional tower computer. It's all one piece....kinda. The monitor is attached to the actual "computer". There are three wires. One from the computer/monitor to the wall, one from the computer/monitor to the keyboard, and one from the computer/monitor to the internet router. How do I disconnect the Harly Davidson? OOPS! LOL I mean "hd"...or "hard drive"? LOL