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Hi there,
I wonder if anybody can help. My symptoms are that my monitor displays
goes black (as though the video signal has stopped) randomly for a few
seconds and then comes back. Occasionally it is long enough for the
monitor to go into standby mode so fairly certain the signal is ceasing.
I have tried different monitors (and video cables) same result,
different video card same result, stripped out the machine (RIMMS, Power
cables, cards etc.), cleaned and dusted etc. but still have the same
problem (although this last action seemed to cure it for a couple of
weeks - but now it's back!).
Bizarrely I can also get this problem when in the BIOS, along with
screen corruption so it's not a driver/software issue.
The problem does appear at random, this AM it occurred 45mins after
switch on but with no processes running as such so the machine wasn't
being hit hard. Also had large domestic fans blowing over the
motherboard to see if it was overheating but this make no difference
either!
I'd be really grateful for any opinions on this. Motherboard? PSU?
Running out of suspects! Not exactly a newbie here but this one has me
stumped!
At the stage I likely need to replace a component - but I don't know
which one - arrgghhhh!!! Really appreciate some help.
Spec: P4, 2.53Ghz/533FSB, 2x256Mb RDRAM, GeForce4 Ti4600, WinXP SP2 all
on an Intel D850EMV2 mobo.
Many thanks
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Steve
Hi there,
I wonder if anybody can help. My symptoms are that my monitor displays
goes black (as though the video signal has stopped) randomly for a few
seconds and then comes back. Occasionally it is long enough for the
monitor to go into standby mode so fairly certain the signal is ceasing.
I have tried different monitors (and video cables) same result,
different video card same result, stripped out the machine (RIMMS, Power
cables, cards etc.), cleaned and dusted etc. but still have the same
problem (although this last action seemed to cure it for a couple of
weeks - but now it's back!).
Bizarrely I can also get this problem when in the BIOS, along with
screen corruption so it's not a driver/software issue.
The problem does appear at random, this AM it occurred 45mins after
switch on but with no processes running as such so the machine wasn't
being hit hard. Also had large domestic fans blowing over the
motherboard to see if it was overheating but this make no difference
either!
I'd be really grateful for any opinions on this. Motherboard? PSU?
Running out of suspects! Not exactly a newbie here but this one has me
stumped!
At the stage I likely need to replace a component - but I don't know
which one - arrgghhhh!!! Really appreciate some help.
Spec: P4, 2.53Ghz/533FSB, 2x256Mb RDRAM, GeForce4 Ti4600, WinXP SP2 all
on an Intel D850EMV2 mobo.
Many thanks
--
Steve