screen goes blank after windows bootup logo...

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Hello,

The screen is going blank because the video adapter is set to a refresh rate/resolution which the
monitor cannot handle. Solution ? Well, this is a tricky one. Let windows boot normally (although
you would not be able to see anything). After you see that hard disk activity has stopped or rather
slowed down, indicating that Windows has booted to the desktop, do as mentioned below:

1) Hit Winkey+R and type 'desk.cpl' and press ENTER (this will get you to the Display properties)

2) Press CTRL+SHIFT+TAB (this will take you to the settings tab)

3) Press ALT+S (This will put focus on the resolution slider)

4) Hit the left arrow key several times and press ENTER (this will decrease the resolution and apply
it)

Hopefully, if you do things the right way, you will have a working display and from there you can
increase/decrease the resolution, refresh rate to your monitor's liking.

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<gaikokujinkyofusho@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, I have windows xp prof running and now when i turn on the computer
> it boots up, goes to the logo, and then the screen goes blank. The
> hard drive is still working, and i can go into safemode (f8) but every
> time i try to startup normally the screen just goes blank, the monitor
> says there is no signal. I have no clue how to go about resolving
> this. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>
>
> Cheers
>
> -Gaiko
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Hi, thanks for your help. I apparently wasn't able to do it quite the
way you said (or at least the screen wouldn't come up) but i did try
booting in VGA mode and i do get a screen then, problem is when i try
to change it any higer than the 640x480 8bit then it blanks again.

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Ahhh yes....but you know the geeky types like me who like to complicate things. Thanks for the tip
Malke !

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"Malke" <invalid@not-real.com> wrote in message newsTNSMl%23pFHA.3104@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Anando [MS-MVP] wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> The screen is going blank because the video adapter is set to a
>> refresh rate/resolution which the monitor cannot handle. Solution ?
>> Well, this is a tricky one. Let windows boot normally (although you
>> would not be able to see anything). After you see that hard disk
>> activity has stopped or rather slowed down, indicating that Windows
>> has booted to the desktop, do as mentioned below:
>>
>> 1) Hit Winkey+R and type 'desk.cpl' and press ENTER (this will get you
>> to the Display properties)
>>
>> 2) Press CTRL+SHIFT+TAB (this will take you to the settings tab)
>>
>> 3) Press ALT+S (This will put focus on the resolution slider)
>>
>> 4) Hit the left arrow key several times and press ENTER (this will
>> decrease the resolution and apply it)
>>
>> Hopefully, if you do things the right way, you will have a working
>> display and from there you can increase/decrease the resolution,
>> refresh rate to your monitor's liking.
>>
> There's an easier way. Go into Safe Mode and do:
>
> Start>Run>msconfig [enter]
>
> On the BOOT.INI tab under Boot Options check "/BASEVIDEO." Now restart
> in Regular Mode. Now the OP can go into his Display Properties and set
> the refresh rate, resolution etc. to something supported by his video
> card and monitor. Then reverse the changes to BOOT.INI and reboot.
>
> If that doesn't work, there may be a hardware problem with either the
> monitor or the video card.
>
> Malke
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