Compaq Presario desktop - No Video Output after going to sleep

[JRDtechnet]

I just googled your model and came to this page.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...en&cc=es&dlc=es&product=3352589&lang=es#N1663

scroll down to the bottom..."Monitor is Blank after Starting the Computer"
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...:4&lc=en&dlc=es&cc=es&lang=es&product=3352589

Also a good idea to update the bios, this will do the job of reseting it too http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...dlc=es&cc=es&product=3352589&os=2093&sw_lang=

EDIT: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...93&man_lang=en&product=3352589&sw_lang=#N1299 Here are your missing jumpers. (expand clearing the bios settings)

 

[PandaMarketer]

Thanks JRDtechnet. I should have said that I've been to those pages.

I'll try flashing the bios next. Tomorrow.

 

[PandaMarketer]

Before flashing the bios... I tried the 1 stick of ram and it just beeps bad ram, and all this time I didn't put back the PCI modem.

FUNNY THING: I super glued the plastic L to the inside of a SATA cable while I connected it to the drive. I let it sit like that overnight (only cause I went to bed) and it's a little loose since it wiggles, but firm enough not to fall off with gravity.

The darn thing boots EVERY time now! (Okay, it still doesn't "Reboot" just cold boot)

I also notice that the bios heat sink gets pretty hot, faster than the processor's sink.

I'm gonna transfer/image the disk, and call it fixed with that one caveat. I'll tell my friend that it can't reboot, just cold boot.

 

[IncrediblePCSolutions]

I would really go with the mainboard here..... Just my thoughts

 

[PandaMarketer]

I understand what you're saying IncrediblePCSolutions, but my friend has already told me "It was working when I took it to you for cleaning" so I'm giving it back to him "working" too, plus cleaned. He already told me he wasn't going to pay for anything extra since it was in working condition, albeit slow, when he brought it to me.

This wouldn't happen to a bonafide computer tech place, which just gets me more motivated to get official.