Re: Black Screen Mystery
- From: "JAD" <kapasitor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 23:34:39 -0700
"Gordon" <testing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Started out with an Abit AA8 mobo, Intel 530 CPU, Antec Sonata Case,
> WD 120 gig Serial ATA HDD, 1 gig (2 sticks) 240 pin DDR2 RAM, Windows
> XP Pro and Chaintech PCI Express video card. Hooked it up and it would
> not boot. Being a coward, I carted it back to the store. Tech ripped
> out RAM, swapped video card, etc. Finally said leave it. Next day
> got a message saying it was working. Picked it up. Booted it at home.
> The system was in VGA, so I changed the screen to 1280 by 1024,
> downloaded some updates, ran a visual basic script to rip out Windows
> Messenger, Looked at the BIOS settings, Installed Norton AV 2005 & got
> updates, Installed Microsoft AntiSpyware and changed the computer name
> & Workgroup names.
>
> During the process of doing the above, I probably rebooted the PC 4 or
> 5 times. Turned it off. Returned an hour later to install Office. When
> I tried to boot the monitor did not come on. This is a Dell monitor
> that has an Amber light when the monitor is on and the PC is off. As
> soon as the PC gets past POST, the Amber lights changes to green
> normally. Not this time just an amber light. (If I unplug the video
> cable from the PC while the amber light is on, the amber light turns
> green. All this behavior is normal. I have another almost identical
> Dell monitor. One monitor is model 1703FPT and the actual one with
> the mystery machine is a 1704FPT -- only difference I know of is USB
> 2.0 vs. USB 1.1 on the two monitors.
>
> After checking both digital and analog outputs and confirming the
> monitor did work on another PC, I took the PC back.
>
> This time the diagnosis was some compatibility issue between the Abit
> Board and the CPU. Swapped (for $26) to an Intel Board -- figured an
> Intel chip and an Intel board should be OK.
>
> Get the system back. Probably booted it 4 times. Did change the screen
> setting from 800 by 600 to 1280 by 1024 again. Checked some stuff. Got
> latest Norton definitions. Then decided to check the boot sequence in
> the BIOS. After exit and save from the BIOS, the monitor is again
> dead. Pulled the battery on the BIOS -- no luck. At this point I think
> maybe it is an intermittent problem with the Video card, so I swapped
> at the store for another video card. Did not help.
>
PSU issue? try taking out everything and start over with the bare essencials
to boot
> I pulled out the mother board -- one spacer and screw the manual
> called for in the middle of the board was not present. Added that. No
> extra spacers that could have caused a short. Re installed all the
> wires. Still the monitor is black.
>
> Now every time the monitor is black, I can used the keyboard to turn
> off the PC -- Windows Key, "U" and "U"
>
> I pulled power from the HDD and the same dark screen happens with I
> boot from the Windows CD.
>
> No Beeps when the system attempts to boot, but I do hear the Windows
> opening and closing wave files.
>
> Anybody have any idea what is going on?
>
> Gordon
> Atlanta
>
>
>
> SPAM has driven me to Spoof my email, sorry
.
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