I need some advise. I took up the task of cleaning up an old Compaq computer for my sister in law. It is an 800 mghz celeron with the basics. I added a little ram to it plus a cdrw ( I had the parts laying around) I formatted the hd and installed a new operating system as well as a few other goodies. When I was done and was doing the final driver downloads from microsoft, the computer screen froze and a bunch of lines went across it. I tried to reboot but it wont post (nothing happens on the monitor). The monitor is fine I tested it with another computer. I am worried that the onboard video gave out. The mobo does not have and AGP slot so I cannot add a AGP video card. I am in a bind, although I feel somewhat responsible I do not want to sink in alot of money to fix this thing. Anyone have any suggestions, do you guys think it is the onboard video and if so is there a cheap fix (replace mobo or buy a PCI video card, although I have heard they are expensive). Any suggestion would be apprecieated.
