hey everyone, i found my dads old laptop from way back in the day. he said i can have it, which i am thrilled about, but it is broken. or something is wrong with it anyways, I'm not great with computers so bear with me. when i try to power it on, i can hear the fan, then it shows a screen with just COMPAQ on it, then it goes to the loading window of Microsoft windows XP. then it beeps, and the screen is black, but still on. also the fan shuts down. the laptop itself seems to be in good condition and i would love to have it work as a laptop for myself, but i don't know what the problem is or how to fix it, so if anyone has any ideas, i would really appreciate it. thanks
also, i forgot to note, the screen seems glitchy if that makses sense, when i move it lines move across, and it seems to kindof sputter when changing a page. i hit f10 once it was booting up, and it brought me to the computer setup page, not sure what to do here.
also, i forgot to note, the screen seems glitchy if that makses sense, when i move it lines move across, and it seems to kindof sputter when changing a page. i hit f10 once it was booting up, and it brought me to the computer setup page, not sure what to do here.
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