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Question posted by Kingbabypuggzly on February 17th, 2017

Black Screen When I Power On

when I turn on my pc the gateway zx6971 the power button lights up and it makes noise the the fan is on and is booting but screen is black I was told it could be the video card needs cleaned but not sure where it is located

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Answer #1: Posted by Odin on February 17th, 2017 7:00 PM
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