Guest blueman Posted July 21, 2008 Posted July 21, 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 PaulM Posted July 21, 2008 Posted July 21, 2008 Re: Strange Monitor Problem Have you tried another video card? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.paulsxp.com http://www.paulsxp.com/forum http://www.supportspace.com/home/affiliates.s2?aiu=paulm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "blueman" <mike@guitarstorage.com> wrote in message news:dcb23464-87fa-42b6-b552-bb0f47ba540d@z66g2000hsc.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 Patrick Keenan Posted July 21, 2008 Posted July 21, 2008 Re: Strange Monitor Problem "blueman" <mike@guitarstorage.com> wrote in message news:dcb23464-87fa-42b6-b552-bb0f47ba540d@z66g2000hsc.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 As the system boots, press F8 and choose VGA mode. Or, use your present arrangement for getting in, run MSCONFIG, and on the Boot tab choose VGA. If this doesn't help, there's likely a hardware problem. HTH -pk
Guest windmap Posted July 21, 2008 Posted July 21, 2008 Re: Strange Monitor Problem See if the computer boots in to windows safe mode by pressing F8 repeatedly when you start the computer.If succeeded,Then uninstall the programs one by one to know which is causing the issue.(you may have to restart after uninstalling each program) "blueman" <mike@guitarstorage.com> wrote in message news:dcb23464-87fa-42b6-b552-bb0f47ba540d@z66g2000hsc.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 mcnews Posted July 21, 2008 Posted July 21, 2008 Re: Strange Monitor Problem On Jul 20, 8:29 pm, blueman <m...@guitarstorage.com> wrote: > 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? > i had to replace my graphics card to fix this. unless you can find a new driver for your current card. MS doesn't include updates to all old video drivers.
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