I have a big-ass problem. I recently compiled a new comp from the remains of my old one and my brother's one after he went to live abroad. I took the best parts from my comp (radeon 9800, 2HDDs, 768mb SDRAM) and the best parts from my brother's comp (case, power source, mobo, athlon xp 3k+ cpu, dvd burner, 1HDD, 17" flat LCD screen).
As I was adding my stuff into my brother's case, I was inserting the hardware one by one and testing them out separately. During the whole process I had my old comp running on the side with some old equipment. So I was using my brother's flat screen. Once I got everything installed, I closed both comps and I moved the new comp into the place where the old comp was. When I fired the new comp up, I was shocked to find that the flat screen monitor couldn't find a signal and was out of range everytime I booted.
What is bizarre about this problem is that the screen first worked and stopped working after I changed the places of the comps. The settings were all the same and everything. Now, I've been trying to get the screen to work with all means I could think of. I have 2 flat screens in the house and they both work for my dad's comp and neither for my comp. Finally, the most odd thing is that my CRT monitors work fine with it.
So, I added two and two together, and I came to the conclusion that the problem is my Radeon 9800 card. For some reason, the card can use CRT monitors but not LCDs. The problem is probably not in the drivers, since the settings were the same in both situations. My card could've somehow got injured while moving the comp, but I doubt it.
So, what do ya think? What's up?
As I was adding my stuff into my brother's case, I was inserting the hardware one by one and testing them out separately. During the whole process I had my old comp running on the side with some old equipment. So I was using my brother's flat screen. Once I got everything installed, I closed both comps and I moved the new comp into the place where the old comp was. When I fired the new comp up, I was shocked to find that the flat screen monitor couldn't find a signal and was out of range everytime I booted.
What is bizarre about this problem is that the screen first worked and stopped working after I changed the places of the comps. The settings were all the same and everything. Now, I've been trying to get the screen to work with all means I could think of. I have 2 flat screens in the house and they both work for my dad's comp and neither for my comp. Finally, the most odd thing is that my CRT monitors work fine with it.
So, I added two and two together, and I came to the conclusion that the problem is my Radeon 9800 card. For some reason, the card can use CRT monitors but not LCDs. The problem is probably not in the drivers, since the settings were the same in both situations. My card could've somehow got injured while moving the comp, but I doubt it.
So, what do ya think? What's up?
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