About 6-7 months ago I purchased a Compaq Presario F500,and a few weeks ago it started to act up. While in the middle of using it the screen would shut off(go Black).This would happen occasionally,until recently,it went black and wouldn't come back on at all.There was power to everything else.I read on HP's site to try removing the battery,and hold the power button down .This worked,but when I powered up the computer,and used it for about 15 minutes,the screen went black.I heard from a friend,who had a similar problem,that it may be the video card. Could this be true,or an overheating problem. I haven't purchased a cooling pad yet.
Jon
Jon