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Old 02-14-2011, 03:19 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by gars View Post
restart it and count the number of beeps. Google the number of beeps with the brand of motherboard he has - and you should be able to find out what the problem is. Sometimes - it's a vague code - that might indicate Motherboard or CPU failure. But sometimes you'll find out that it's a memory problem or something.
This,

Does it boot to a BIOS/POST or just the blank screen?

Ran into a similar issue and it turned out to be the power supply was toast.
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