Monitor switches off

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"Will" <will@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> A PC I have been given has a annoying habit of turning off the monitor
> after
> being switched on after a few seconds.
> The longest it's been running is the Win98se splash screen is shown!
> The CD draws also stops working, but both fans remain on, there is no disk
> activity after the monitor turns off.
> I can't press F8 or enter BIOS with no monitor, or can I.
>
> Will.
>
> [Also posted in alt.windows98]
>
>

I haven't seen that particular symptom, but I suspect it is a bad power
supply. It almost always is. -Dave

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It won't boot from a floppy. Not on long enough to overheat (a matter of
seconds).

Will.

"Michael Cecil" <macecil@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 21:42:15 +0000 (UTC), "Will" <will@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >A PC I have been given has a annoying habit of turning off the monitor
after
> >being switched on after a few seconds.
> >The longest it's been running is the Win98se splash screen is shown!
> >The CD draws also stops working, but both fans remain on, there is no
disk
> >activity after the monitor turns off.
> >I can't press F8 or enter BIOS with no monitor, or can I.
> >
> >Will.
>
> If you boot from a floppy disk it does the same thing?
> Bad powersupply or CPU overheating? I'd check out those.
>
> --
> Michael Cecil
> http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/