Virus "A" Problems

[moom]

Greetings.. my first post here.
I have owned a Virus A for about 5 years, following a house move i have only just got round to unpacking it, some 3 years later

Any way, when i power it up, it displays the OS version "2.8" for a few seconds then briefly displays "ACCESS" before going blank. The display is illuminated still and all buttons/leds appear to be ok but it makes no sound.

I have tried a reset but am puzzled what to do next.

Any suggestions?

I had thought about re flashing the OS but without the display this could prove difficult.

Cheers.
mo.