Monitor Problem

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MC

I am having a problem with the monitor that is attached to
my Windows 2000 machine. It shows everything fine as the
computer is started up, but then the display vanishes as
if it is not getting a signal from the computer once it
gets to the point where it is about to give you the logon
screen.

I have switched out monitors - the new one does the same
thing.

any suggestions??

thanks
 
MC said:
I am having a problem with the monitor that is attached to
my Windows 2000 machine. It shows everything fine as the
computer is started up, but then the display vanishes as
if it is not getting a signal from the computer once it
gets to the point where it is about to give you the logon
screen.

I have switched out monitors - the new one does the same
thing.

any suggestions??

thanks
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Boot into safe mode and lower your monitor refresh rate.
That'll fix it.
 
Make sure you have the latest W2k-specific driver
for your video card (downloadable from manufacturer's
website.) It appears likely that the vanilla Microsoft
VGA drivers used early in boot work, but when the
loaded W2k sys tries to switch to the driver for that
videocard there's a problem.
 
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