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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
Back up further.
Before the screen does anything.
You press the power button and what is the first thing that happens?
How long after you pressed it did that happen?
What I'm trying to get at is when you first turn on a computer it does something called a POST (Power On Self Test). That is where the beeps and/or lights that people are asking you about are going to happen. Other than sometimes the fans spinning up for a second, this is the very first thing that should happen, and if it isn't happening then you can watch the screen and hot the keyboard until the cows come home, nothing will help.
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Hmmmm okay i'll do my best to summarize what happens. I turn the computer on, and the numbers 1 through 4 start flashing, and then turn on and off in various orders (2 and 3 light up only, then 1 and 4 only etc.), as well as a light shaped like a battery flashes during some of this. After this, the light on the cd rom drive starts flashing for a few seconds. There are no beeps, but you can hear stuff spinning inside.... and the fan basically starts right off the bat, maybe a one second hesitation where a couple combinations of the lights flash.