Lucy03 wrote:
(much snippage, answer at bottom of post)
> ::My situation started when I turned my computer on and my desktop
> display was wonky, about a half hour prior to that everything was
> fine.(I had this issue before, and did a restore which fixed the
> problem). The screen was stretched to the right and bottom and the
> curser just kind of ran off the screen. The task bar doesn’t go all the
> way to the bottom of the screen and when I put my curser under it, it is
> long and skinny,
> ::-Checked the driver to see if it needed an update , it didn’t ::
> ::-Checked the MS forum and didn't find anything ::
> ::-Scoured over HP’s site, nothing ::
> ::-As the very last resort I called HP. He instructed me to DL NIVDIA
> which I did, and then got the message that driver wasn’t compatible with
> anything on the computer. He then instructed me to do a full recovery
> (my computer is 5 months old). All of that as it turns out was the least
> of my problems. Because now my computer won't start. I was all set to do
> a system recovery from the hard drive partition (not a big deal, I have
> done it plenty of times) Had everything backed up and was ready to go. I
> first tried start/recovery manager/recovery manager. My computer went
> through the motions, but never started by itself.
> I do have the extended warrantee which I
> purchased at Circuit City (go figure) that is still good
You have hardware failure. Exercise the warranty and get a replacement
machine. Since Circuit City is in liquidation, I would contact HP directly.
I would not give your computer back to Circuit City for repair/replacement
since they won't be around much longer.
Malke
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