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> OK. I have managed to press the CMOS button as explained. Now when I > power on I get nothing at all. Just a black screen. Oops. > > Neil Haha, I should have known that there'd be a complication... First of all, don't worry - you're still online with a different PC and your main computer hasn't died... it's just being a [words deleted]. You still get the expected response when you power back up right? Lights come on on/inside the tower, you can hear some noises at least and the fans spin up? Does it then just sit there and hum quietly, or does it switch itself off after a few seconds? Again - don't worry, this isn't fatal or anything. My guess is that the now defaulted UEFI has probably assumed something which isn't the case: most likely, it's trying to initialize your monitor from the built-in graphics port on the back of your PC rather than your additional PCI-e graphics card. The PC has wired network right? And I believe you've got a SSD boot drive (which will be completely silent) and a spinning HDD in there? So, what happens if you reboot the PC and watch it for 60 seconds or so: are the TX/RX lights flashing on the RJ45 network port on the back and if you listen to the case itself, can you hear the HDD spinning and chugging along as per normal? 'Cos it might actually be booting up as normal but not initializing the screen. Anyway - don't panic. MJE is to hand and I was serious - I *will* come to your house and jump up and down on the damn thing myself to get it working if it comes to it. God damn it, computers drive me absolutely mad sometimes. Report back! -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq