Yes, I have way to many technical problems and horribly underpowered and out of date machines. ANYWAY:
Hello.
Just a heads-up; Although I try, I'm an idiot when it comes to computers so please try to bear with me. ;)
Recently I installed Ubuntu 10.10 on a desktop I use on occasion. It is a Dell Dimension E510. It was running on Windows XP(?) and I think ours dates back to around 2005 or 2007, but I can't say so with certainty.
Anyway, let's say it was about ten days ago when I installed. Everything worked fine and was great. But now the computer won't boot and I'm at a total loss of where I should go from here.
To summarize what happens: Basically I hit the power button and can hear the machine turn on (the monitor's power button is stuck on, so it's already powered), but the screen just stays dark.
I've done a slight amount of research and tested to see if it was the CPU behind it, and if removing any external devices would help (which I'm still not sure if it isn't the culprit) to no avail. My younger sister uses the computer almost exclusively for charging her iPod - which in that case may be related. I'm curious if anyone knows other methods to get around the possibility of it being a CPU problem just in case.
In the end I'm just looking into insights/recommendations from anyone to try and get this fixed and out of my way. Any help is welcome and I'm thankful for.
tl;dr: I installed Ubuntu on my old desktop and it basically left. Anyone have any insights on what I could do to get it back up and running again? It'd be appreciated.
