My desktop is broken!

[ssj300]

My desktop fell to the ground from 3 feet high.

When I hit the start button, it starts up fine and all the drives work when I hit the eject keys but nothing shows up on my screen. I know the graphics card work because I tested it on another computer.

Can anyone help me?

 

[CANEHDN]

My work desktop is broken too. Mine is for a different reason though. I'm using windows.

 

[mad jew]

It's pretty difficult troubleshooting a problem like that over a forum because there are so many different variables. If I were you, I'd grab the hard drive and put it in another computer to salvage your data as the first step. From there, I'd start looking around for disconnected cables.

 

[elfin buddy]

Sorry to hear that, ssj300. I'm afraid there's not too much you can do unless you're a tech genius. And were you a tech genius, I doubt you'd be asking us mere mortals for help

I'd advise you to salvage your data, and get a new computer if you can afford it. You could sell off the parts of the broken desktop that still work to cover some of the cost. In my case, I know I'd certainly have fun tinkering with the broken box trying to make it work again.

Y'know, I had to chuckle a bit when I opened this thread though. Coming in, I thought you meant your Mac OS X user Desktop was broken, so I was thinking "I wonder what's wrong...icons all buggered up?"

Good luck, fella!

 

[rafifreak00]

What kind of desktop do you have? iMac, Power Mac, Mac mini? A little more information would be helpful...

If it's really terrible, you should start backing up your data.