Did you try to change another video card? Try installing Windows OS and others....
>If there is a hardware problem with the PC, I would not recommend changing the processor as a first resort.
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>What happens if the processor is not the problem? Then you have wasted your money on a processor you didn't need. It's hard to isolate what the actual problem is.
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>However, if you have another processor sitting around, by all means try it.
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