Sounds like one of a few things.

1. Your power supply died. Does the cd/dvd tray run in
and out when the button is pushed? 

2. Your bios died. But then I would think the monitor
would do something besides black screen.

3. Oh, boy, now what! Possibly the video card?? If you
have a spare video card, or on another machine of the
correct type, try that.

4. Monitor is not coming up..dead or ?? Try a
different monitor. Plug monitor into another machine
and see if it light up and works? Check the power cord
for the monitor, yeah, I know you already did but do
it again.

5. Bad monitor cable? Never seen one, but always a
first.

A truly blank screen says that the box isn't talking
to the monitor. 

Did you check the video cable to make sure it didn't
wiggle loose..should be 'screwed' in but sometimes...
people just push them on. Is the video card (if a
seperate card) seated?

Ed

--- Josef Lowder <joe@actionline.com> wrote:

> .
> I have a Dell GX260 with Intel P-4 2-Gig processor,
> 512mb ram,
> 40-gig HD, and XP installed.  After I booted from a
> Linux live 
> CD and started to install, I defragged and then used
> Knoppix 
> QTParted to resize the HD to 22-gig for XP and the
> remainder 
> (about 16-gig) to be used to install Linux. 
> 
> However, when I tried to restart the computer to
> begin the 
> installation, I have only a blank screen and cannot
> even 
> get to the bios.  I can't boot from HD, CD, or
> floppy. 
> 
> How can I restore access to the bios and get this
> thing 
> back on track? 
> 
> 
> 
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