My computer doesn't work, what do I do?

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COMPUTER MOUSE DOES NOT MOVE; CANNOT OPEN WINDOWS
EVERYTHING IS VERY SLOW. HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING; DELL TECHNICIAN TELLS ME TO SAVE ALL MY DATA AND RESTORE. CANNOT EVEN OPEN MY PROGRAMS TO SAVE THEM. DO I NEED TO TAKE THIS PROBLEM TO A LOCAL TECHNICIAN ALONG WITH MY HARDDRIVE?

Hey, i bought this computer at a flee market for like 30 dollars. it is a TigerTV Athlon XP2200. Anyways there are some things it did not come with: RAM, Hardrive, Video Card and thats about it. i looked up the computer online to make sure that i put the correct parts in. I finally started the computer and it runs... but nothing coems up on the monitor screen. i know the video card is correct, it is a APG video card in an APG slot and i know the RAM is correct because i went on the web site and found the acual computer that i have. There is a possiblity the Hardrive may not work on that spicific computer... Are there any important parts that could be missing that could cause it not to work?

my computer goes onto the screen " choose which way to start windows" i usually press on start windows normally, but then it always goes back onto nthat same screen. i try pressing other things like, start windows with safe mode but it still goes back to that same screen.
what do i do ?

my mouse is not working,I've replaced it and it's still not working. of course there's nothing I can do because I can't move the cursor w/o the mouse. please help

my computer doesn't work, it won't let me open anything. I just bought this laptop in December, it is a dell inspirion with vista. I cannot even connect to a network.

My computer doesnt work when i turn it on... when i asked my family what happened they said my lil brother had been using the computer to check his email. He thinks he opened an email with a strang name and the computer hasn't worked since... What do i do..

I just baught a new computer yesterday , it worked fine but restarted itself a couple of times, when I tried to opene it today it doesn't beep , the key board doesn't start and the red light of power turn off after a minute , the fans still work and the fan lights work until I turn off it's electricity , it's pentium 4 , mother board MSI , processor 3.6 , ram 1GB , hard disk "western" 160 GB .
what's wrong with it ? is it the mother board ? shall I return it and refund my money?

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There's no way to tell what's wrong with it from here. You
should take it back to where you bought it for repair or
replacement.

Thanks,

Leo

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My computer screen remains blank even after switching it on. Monitor LED comes on for a brief period and goes off. All the time I can hear the Fan running. And yes the system is properly plugged to power supply. Some time back the system would start and enter BIOS. I realized the reason would have been a weak CMOS battery. But now the screen just remains off.

I have a question. When I shut down my computer and get on the computer the next day. The computer does not have anything I saved. It does not remember any of the work I put on my computer. What do I do?

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