Guest blueman Posted July 19, 2008 Posted July 19, 2008 I just finished setting up and installing programs in a new PC running windows XP. Something must have happened and the monitor screen went black. If I try to hit "reset" I can nothing seems to happen. I think the computer shuts down and restarts but the screen remains black The only way I can get the monitor to work (if it is the monitor) is to unplug the PC (when the screen is blank) and plug it back in. Once I have a screen and shut down normally using the start menu, the next time I try to start it up I get nothing but a black screen. I can't even tell if the PC is booting up or getting past the cmos boot up as the screen is black. I have tried a different monitor and the same thing happens so i know it's not the monitor. I'm lost as to where to go at this pint. Has anyone run into a problem like this/ Any ideas what could cause this to happen? A driver or something? Please help Thanks Miike
Guest RJK Posted July 20, 2008 Posted July 20, 2008 Re: Strange Monitor Problem - maybe First check VGA plug and socked for a crushed pin :-) regards, Richard "blueman" <mike@guitarstorage.com> wrote in message news:1be1030e-515c-4f46-baf3-f723484a8900@d1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... >I just finished setting up and installing programs in a new PC running > windows XP. > Something must have happened and the monitor screen went black. If I > try to hit "reset" I can nothing seems to happen. I think the computer > shuts down and restarts but the screen remains black > > The only way I can get the monitor to work (if it is the monitor) is > to unplug the PC (when the screen is blank) and plug it back in. Once > I have a screen and shut down normally using the start menu, the next > time I try to start it up I get nothing but a black screen. I can't > even tell if the PC is booting up or getting past the cmos boot up as > the screen is black. I have tried a different monitor and the same > thing happens so i know it's not the monitor. I'm lost as to where to > go at this pint. Has anyone run into a problem like this/ Any ideas > what could cause this to happen? A driver or something? > > Please help > > Thanks > > Miike
Guest RJK Posted July 20, 2008 Posted July 20, 2008 Re: Strange Monitor Problem - maybe ....tried booting into Safe Mode in case refresh rate is set too high ? regards, Richard "RJK" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:ONWosCp6IHA.1592@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > First check VGA plug and socked for a crushed pin :-) > > regards, Richard > > > "blueman" <mike@guitarstorage.com> wrote in message > news:1be1030e-515c-4f46-baf3-f723484a8900@d1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... >>I just finished setting up and installing programs in a new PC running >> windows XP. >> Something must have happened and the monitor screen went black. If I >> try to hit "reset" I can nothing seems to happen. I think the computer >> shuts down and restarts but the screen remains black >> >> The only way I can get the monitor to work (if it is the monitor) is >> to unplug the PC (when the screen is blank) and plug it back in. Once >> I have a screen and shut down normally using the start menu, the next >> time I try to start it up I get nothing but a black screen. I can't >> even tell if the PC is booting up or getting past the cmos boot up as >> the screen is black. I have tried a different monitor and the same >> thing happens so i know it's not the monitor. I'm lost as to where to >> go at this pint. Has anyone run into a problem like this/ Any ideas >> what could cause this to happen? A driver or something? >> >> Please help >> >> Thanks >> >> Miike > >
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