hi, been looking all across net for help. i think i found the right place. checked out alot of strings in here and so far so good 
here goes...... yesterday we had 2 power surges hit our home. the comp i am presently using is fine. my sons comp is not. when computer rebooted after surge we were unable to turn system off. must hold power button for 10 secs before it will shut down. when we try to restart system we have no monitor, keyboard is unactive (i am guessing this because none of the keys light up ie. caps lock, num, etc) from reading some posts i understand that it is not the power supply because the green power light comes on when starting, but...it doesnt appear to be loading anything, i am also guessing at this by sounds that normally can be heard when starting up. green light will then flash continuously. here is what i have tried so far: let system run to see if it was trying a scan, unplugged system, reboot disk, start up disk. next step would be to try throwing it out the window, but my son may not be impressed with that form of technology. any and all help would be deeply appreciated. thankx ~terry~
here goes...... yesterday we had 2 power surges hit our home. the comp i am presently using is fine. my sons comp is not. when computer rebooted after surge we were unable to turn system off. must hold power button for 10 secs before it will shut down. when we try to restart system we have no monitor, keyboard is unactive (i am guessing this because none of the keys light up ie. caps lock, num, etc) from reading some posts i understand that it is not the power supply because the green power light comes on when starting, but...it doesnt appear to be loading anything, i am also guessing at this by sounds that normally can be heard when starting up. green light will then flash continuously. here is what i have tried so far: let system run to see if it was trying a scan, unplugged system, reboot disk, start up disk. next step would be to try throwing it out the window, but my son may not be impressed with that form of technology. any and all help would be deeply appreciated. thankx ~terry~