Sounds like your graphics card is out. You've updated all the drivers, that's the only thing left. Maybe try a windows update, but I think you'll have the same problem, I've seen it a lot. www.newegg.com always has good deals on grfx cards. Just check to see if you need and AGP or PCIE card, if you don't know which one you need, let us know.
On Dec 24, 6:46 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Old monitor died. It was Dell brand Trinitron CRT. > > I have tried two different monitors that I know have worked with other > dell brand computers very recently (I have a dimension 8200). > > One is an apple brand and the other is a sharp lcd flat screen ll-173c- > b that shipped with a different but similar dell. > > My computer has nvidia geforce mx/mx400 videocard. I think it was > aftermarket. > > On reboot, the initial setup info comes up clearly but then the screen > goes black. The sharp monitor says no signal, the power light remains > green on the Apple CRT but the screen is black. > > I can start up computer and boot all the way to windows with either > monitor in safe mode or VGA mode. That is how I am working right now. > > If I adjust the screen resolution to more than 640x480 or turn on > hardware acceleration the signal is lost and the picture doesn't > return. I have tried rebooting the computer many times and no signal > except in safe and VGA modes. > > The nvidia drivers were up to date, I went to sharp and download their > monitor driver package. > > I tried installing the monitor driver package while in VGA mode. It > came back back with a severe error "no VGA device". > > I tried windowsxp add new hardware control panel and it didn't find > any devices. I went to the monitor panel of the device manager and had > the plug and play monitor search for new drivers. It found the sharp > monitor and successfully installed drivers for it. > > Still no luck, it won't come up in regular mode, just VGA and safe > mode. > > So that is where I am am now. Any suggestions? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Computer Tech Support" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
