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| Thread ID: 50446 | 2004-10-20 22:46:00 | Computer works, screen display funny | CTP22 (5754) | Press F1 |
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| 283129 | 2004-10-20 22:46:00 | We have a (I think) Pentium 4 2.4 GHZ 533MHZ computer. The computer itself appears to be working okay, but after the Windows XP (SP1?) start up screen the display changes to blue horizontal, moving lines for where we are supposed to enter the password. By remembering how to use key combinations we can get past this stage, but the desktop display is just the same. It seems to be a signal interference, for the lines only fill the part of the screen where the login box is, and then expand to the full screen when Windows is operational. When we shutdown, the screen changes from blue (the predominant desktop wallpaper colour) to grey, as you would expect with shutting down windows. This first happened a couple of days ago. After logging on, we got to the desktop okay, then the screen went blank and when it came back on it was unwatchable. F8 doesn't appear to be working when we try to put it into safe mode at start up. Do you require further information? |
CTP22 (5754) | ||
| 283130 | 2004-10-20 23:18:00 | Have you had a look ay the FAQS? There are at least a couple on "funny looking" screens. | mark c (247) | ||
| 283131 | 2004-10-20 23:20:00 | Have you checked the monitor connection? Check the connector itself for bent pins, and check that it is securely plugged in. | Miami Steve (2128) | ||
| 283132 | 2004-10-20 23:27:00 | First step is to see if the problem happens in safe mode,hit the f8 key after the comp beeps on boot up,then select safe mode out of the options. If the screen is fine then it may be a driver problem or an incompatable setting (although its not garenteed to remove all chance of a hardware fault,the monitor or video card may still have failed and be unable to operate at the desired level) If the problem is still happening in safe mode try anothor monitor and then a different video card,If the problem doesn't happen in safe mode then go into device manager and remove the entry for the monitor and reboot,if that doesnt help then go back into safe mode and remove all drivers relating to your video chipset. |
metla (154) | ||
| 283133 | 2004-10-21 00:51:00 | CTP22 says that F8 doesn't appear to be working. My guess is that this is because he/she cannot read the screen during boot up, before any drivers are loaded - ergo a hardware problem may be the more likely. | Miami Steve (2128) | ||
| 283134 | 2004-10-21 08:18:00 | > The computer itself appears to be working okay, but > after the Windows XP (SP1?) start up screen the > display changes to blue horizontal, moving lines I read the above to mean that the display starts Ok but goes haywire as Windows starts to load . If it boots that far the instructions to press F8 (or F** should have appeared and been accessible . Maybe you are just missing the moment to press F8 in which case I would start tapping it straight after you switch on and keep going until it either offers you the menu or ignores you completely Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 283135 | 2004-10-21 08:28:00 | tried reinstalling the drivers for your graphics card? HTH |
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