Monitor Won't Start

[Virtualbody1234]

Hey clocker, just when you say things were boring... Problems happen.

For some unknown reason my monitor won't turn on. It's a Samsung 900NF: http://www.samsungusa.com/cgi-bin/nabc/pro..._id=900NF-Ivory

It was working fine and I did a restart and now it stays black. The yellow LED flashes as if it's in standby mode. I tried turning it off and on many times now. I even unplugged it to try to reset it. Still nothing.

I have connected an old 14" CRT for now and I'm stuck in safemode as the resolution and refresh rate won't let me run Windows normally. So i'm stuck with 640x480 right now.

[Kunal]

[clocker]

Maybe the battery on your motherboard is going out?
Wouldn't that cause problems with the BIOS which may not detect your monitor?

Edit:
I'm sure you've looked but....
VGA adaptors and drivers all good?

Do you have another PC to hook the monitor to? That would tell you if the problem is the monitor or the PC....

[Virtualbody1234]

No clocker. The PC is fine. I have it running with another monitor right now so I think it's the monitor.


And at Kunal. It's not funny. I have helped out so much on this board and HardwareWorld that I think I can ask for help for once without being picked on. What you just did is very upsetting! I don't think I deserve that.


Clocker, I now have a bit better way to communicate as i'm now using another PC to post.

[Kunal]

clocker, he managed to get another monitor to work, so looks to me like his monitors gone .

Just for your amusment, i fell down the stairs and can barely move now

Edit: Sorry VB1234, i was only kidding

[Virtualbody1234]

Do you have another PC to hook the monitor to? That would tell you if the problem is the monitor or the PC....

I'm going to move the montor to try that.

[clocker]

Originally posted by Virtualbody1234@3 December 2003 - 10:26


I have connected an old 14" CRT for now and I'm stuck in safemode as the resolution and refresh rate won't let me run Windows normally. So i'm stuck with 640x480 right now.

Why is this?
Are you limited by the replacement monitor or is there something else going on?

[Virtualbody1234]

Originally posted by Kunal@3 December 2003 - 12:48
clocker, he managed to get another monitor to work, so looks to me like his monitors gone .

Just for your amusment, i fell down the stairs and can barely move now

Kunal,

If your going to joke about this then please don't.

It's like a $600 (Canadian dollars) monitor.

[Virtualbody1234]

Originally posted by clocker+3 December 2003 - 12:51--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (clocker @ 3 December 2003 - 12:51)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Virtualbody1234@3 December 2003 - 10:26


I have connected an old 14" CRT for now and I&#39;m stuck in safemode as the resolution and refresh rate won&#39;t let me run Windows normally. So i&#39;m stuck with 640x480 right now.

Why is this?
Are you limited by the replacement monitor or is there something else going on? [/b][/quote]
Ok, clocker. I can&#39;t boot to windows normally because the settings in my normal mode are to high for this cheap monitor. It tries to display the higher resolution but can&#39;t. I just get a smear of diagonal lines.

That&#39;s why I have to use safemode.

[clocker]

What happened when you moved the (broken?) monitor to the other PC?