black screen on power up

[markymark60456]

thank you for you reply charlie_ps2> No it still does the same thing i did notice that a few months ago it started acting up like i would boot up the game and nothing happens but when i hit reset it worked i thougth it was the magic chip and now it does it all the time with out the chip installed. I have a feeling that the board is fried it might have got overheated or something it was only 8 months old the system and chip