background.... i had music stored on my buddy's computer, we went to Iraq for a year, computer was in storage, we get back and can't get computer to work. He lets me borrow it to bring home to try and retrive my files, and I mail it to him whereever when done...

the problem... I turn it on and the screen is just black with a WARNING message saying PC ENTERING POWER SAVE MODE with RED GREEN BLUE (in colors) under it. The message sorta floats north-west a couple clicks then the screen shuts off. I can press buttons on the monitor to make it do that again, but thats it.

specs I know... what is written on the computer is "Designed for windows XP", so I can only assume thats the operating system on it. written on it also is HP Pavillion a320n. The monitor SAYS "HP Pavillion f1503" This is all I know.

Am I just f'd? If you can email a fix, I'd appreciate it...

I'll check on here as well if no emails float my way.

Thanks allOk 2 things , i would clean out all the dust from the cpu then try it...

If it doesnt work then i think you may need to invest in a new power supply unit .......


IVE had the same error message before but my motherboard fryed but i dont want to speclate that....I got rid of your email address, or you'd have got a lot of spam.
Other than that, clean out your PC and check the connections.OK, sorry about the email and thanks for editing it.

I'll clean it out best as I can and give that a try this weekend. Also a power supply unit, I'll look into that as well.

If there are any other tips, I'll take em. I'll reply again with my results.

Here's hopin...And if the advice given still results in an unbootable machine you can always swap the HDD into a known working machine with it jumpered as slave and retrieve the data...

If you need help with this method by all means let us know.Yh a few tips , im sure you can take it into a computer lab in a school , or somewhere that deals with computers and im sure if they do charge it will be low in cost...... PATIO is 100% right if all else fails.... Remove and reseat memory modules and add in cards. If necessary, use a pencil ERASER to clean the contacts. Be sure to use ESD precautions when handlind, and be sure all power is removed.