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Black Screen? Please help. :(
Hi,
Occasionally, my computer will suddenly give me a black screen. I have no idea what is wrong with it. The only thing I can tell you is that the light on my monitor blinks but stays green (as opposed to yellow when there is no signal). When this happens I have to reboot the computer. Also, I don't hear any strange noises from the computer.
Does anyone have any ideas what is wrong or any solutions?
Thanks in advane,
TMoS
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Mod w/ an attitude
What video card do you have?
What OS?
We need system details.
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Member
I have a x850 XT PE video card.
P4 2.4C @ 3.2
2GB ram
Running Windows XP
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Extreme Member!
It's possible that the monitor cable is a bit wonky. Try jiggling it to see if the video cuts out.
What are you doing when this happens? You need to note that.
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Mod w/ an attitude
I am also thinking it may be a weak AGP slot. Sometimes the contacts do not grab the card hard enough. Try reseating the video card and see if it still happens.
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Member
Thanks. I tried both suggestions. The cable was fine and I thought I had found the solution when I realized that the video card fan attachment was completely blocked off with dust, but that wasn't it. The screen is still blanking out.
It always happens when I boot up the computer or when I leave it idle. When I am using the computer, nothing happens.
I don't really know what to do.
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Member
Actually, the screen just blanked out on me while I was surfing the net...so I guess it does happen when the computer is in use. I am wondering if it is a hard drive problem.
Also, sometimes when I boot up the computer, it only gives me the background image on my desktop. There are no icons, no task bar...nothing. I don't know if this has anything to do with the problem.
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Extreme Member!
Uninstall the ATi drivers and reinstall fresh ones.
The partial startup thing can be caused by many things. You may be best off reinstalling Windows from scratch.
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Mod w/ an attitude
I have had lots of problems with the new ATI drivers that came out with the Windows Updates this past Tuesday.
Try installing the previous version.
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Member
Thanks for all your help. I tried everything but it is still happening. It looks like the computer stops functioning when the screen goes out too, because I was listening to mp3s just now and the music immediately stopped when the screen went blank.
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Extreme Member!
Have you added any new hardware recently? If so, try removing it. You may be exceeding the limits of your power supply.
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Member
Nope, I haven't added anything to my system. It just started crapping out on me a couple of weeks ago.
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Ultimate Member
Originally Posted by TMoS
I have a x850 XT PE video card.
P4 2.4C @ 3.2
2GB ram
Running Windows XP
He's OC'g fellas , which may have nothing or everthing to do with the problem . Theres no sense tshooting any further till the system is reset to stock settings , including the vga card if its OC'd .
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Thanks for all the help. The problem was my power supply. It was dead.
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