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thinkxplx · #1 Post by **thinkxplx** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 5:01 pm

I was installing XP using my T30 recovery disks onto my new hard drive, when the english instructions started appearing in a different language (??). After a while the screen started displaying strange graphics. Whats happened to my screen?

#2 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 5:20 pm

Hard to say without pictures.
What language did it change to?

thinkxplx · #3 Post by **thinkxplx** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 5:49 pm

I am not sure, it started off in English and then the characters changed to something else. Now all I get is a screen with weird graphics . I am not able to see the regular screen.

thinkxplx · #4 Post by **thinkxplx** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:00 pm

Ok. Here is an example. Recovery disk 1 prompts for disk 2 at the end with the following message

Afsert ABE Prgduct Recgverq Cd 2

ajkula66 · #5 Post by **ajkula66** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:26 pm

Your T30's board has gone south. I own an A30 with exact same symptoms.

Start looking for a new planar.

thinkxplx · #6 Post by **thinkxplx** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:29 pm

[quote]Start looking for a new planar.[/quote]

Sorry, but i didnt quite understand what that meant.

thinkxplx · #7 Post by **thinkxplx** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:31 pm

Is it possible to replace the board? If so where can I buy it and how much would it cost?

ajkula66 · #8 Post by **ajkula66** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:33 pm

Planar is IBM-speak for a motherboard.

Post a WTB ad in the forum's marketplace and someone will come to the rescue for sure.

Good luck.

thinkxplx · #9 Post by **thinkxplx** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:34 pm

ajkula66 - Thanks very much for your advice

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