XP SP1 Lose Video

[Guest Todd H]

Hi,

 

I have XP SP1 installed on a computer. I have a VGA display connected.

Everything boots fine. If I decide to boot up without my monitor connected

(or forget). Then after bootup I connect a monitor I get no video! I power

down, hook up my monitor, power up, and I see Starting Windows XP..... But

then my monitor loses it's SYNC and I get no video and it never boots all the

way up. Video is gone forever under Windows. I can never boot up now with a

monitor. I always lose sync halfway throught bootup. It is like when I booted

up without a monitor, XP either reconfigured the graphics or removed the the

driver for the monitor. When I plugged the monitor in and booted up XP never

figured configured itself correctly again. Is this a known problem with SP1

(I have to stay with SP1)?

 

Thanks,

Todd

[Guest Brian A.]

Re: XP SP1 Lose Video

 

"Todd H" <ToddH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:A0A12F28-B58D-4457-9FEA-72BEFEC199FA@microsoft.com...

> Hi,

>

> I have XP SP1 installed on a computer. I have a VGA display connected.

> Everything boots fine. If I decide to boot up without my monitor connected

> (or forget). Then after bootup I connect a monitor I get no video! I power

> down, hook up my monitor, power up, and I see Starting Windows XP..... But

> then my monitor loses it's SYNC and I get no video and it never boots all the

> way up. Video is gone forever under Windows. I can never boot up now with a

> monitor. I always lose sync halfway throught bootup. It is like when I booted

> up without a monitor, XP either reconfigured the graphics or removed the the

> driver for the monitor. When I plugged the monitor in and booted up XP never

> figured configured itself correctly again. Is this a known problem with SP1

> (I have to stay with SP1)?

>

> Thanks,

> Todd

 

If you have access to another monitor, disconnect your monitor and connect the

other one to your machine. If the other monitor works properly with your

machine, connect your original suspect monitor to another machine to rule out if

it is working properly or not. If your original suspect monitor does not work

properly when connected to another machine and another known properly working

monitor works when connected to your machine, consider your suspect monitor as

dead.

 

--

 

 

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Conflicts start where information lacks.

http://basconotw.mvps.org/

 

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[Guest Elmo]

Re: XP SP1 Lose Video

 

Todd H wrote:

> Hi,

>

> I have XP SP1 installed on a computer. I have a VGA display connected.

> Everything boots fine. If I decide to boot up without my monitor connected

> (or forget). Then after boot-up I connect a monitor I get no video! I power

> down, hook up my monitor, power up, and I see Starting Windows XP..... But

> then my monitor loses its SYNC and I get no video and it never boots all the

> way up. Video is gone forever under Windows. I can never boot up now with a

> monitor. I always lose sync halfway through boot-up. It is like when I booted

> up without a monitor, XP either reconfigured the graphics or removed the

> driver for the monitor. When I plugged the monitor in and booted up, XP never

> configured itself correctly again. Is this a known problem with SP1?

> (I have to stay with SP1.)

>

> Thanks,

> Todd

 

Boot to Safe Mode and change the refresh rate, etc., try restarting again.

 

--

Joe =o)

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: XP SP1 Lose Video

 

> I have to stay with SP1

 

Why?

 

Todd H wrote:

> Hi,

>

> I have XP SP1 installed on a computer. I have a VGA display connected.

> Everything boots fine. If I decide to boot up without my monitor connected

> (or forget). Then after bootup I connect a monitor I get no video! I power

> down, hook up my monitor, power up, and I see Starting Windows XP..... But

> then my monitor loses it's SYNC and I get no video and it never boots all

> the way up. Video is gone forever under Windows. I can never boot up now

> with a monitor. I always lose sync halfway throught bootup. It is like

> when

> I booted up without a monitor, XP either reconfigured the graphics or

> removed the the driver for the monitor. When I plugged the monitor in and

> booted up XP never figured configured itself correctly again. Is this a

> known problem with SP1 (I have to stay with SP1)?

>

> Thanks,

> Todd

[Guest Frank-FL]

Re: XP SP1 Lose Video

 

 

"Todd H" <ToddH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A0A12F28-B58D-4457-9FEA-72BEFEC199FA@microsoft.com...

> Hi,

>

> I have XP SP1 installed on a computer. I have a VGA display connected.

> Everything boots fine. If I decide to boot up without my monitor connected

> (or forget). ***Then after bootup I connect a monitor I get no video! I power

> down, hook up my monitor, power up, and I see Starting Windows XP..... But

> then my monitor loses it's SYNC and I get no video and it never boots all the

> way up.*** Video is gone forever under Windows. I can never boot up now with a

> monitor. I always lose sync halfway throught bootup. It is like when I booted

> up without a monitor, XP either reconfigured the graphics or removed the the

> driver for the monitor. When I plugged the monitor in and booted up XP never

> figured configured itself correctly again. Is this a known problem with SP1

> (I have to stay with SP1)?

>

> Thanks,

> Todd

 

***Then after bootup I connect a monitor I get no video! I power

> down, hook up my monitor, power up, and I see Starting Windows XP..... But

> then my monitor loses it's SYNC and I get no video and it never boots all the

> way up.***

 

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