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Old September 18th, 2005, 01:19 PM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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Nothing on screen on bootup

When booting my machine, I get nothing on the screen, nothing at all. I get one post beep, the keyboard lights flash, the hard drive spins up, everything looks normal except nothing on the screen. I upgraded the video drivers immediately prior to this but I don't see what this could have done. If something went wrong I would still see the bios screen wouldn't I? I have tried the video card, monitor, power supply and memory on another computer and they are fine. Anyone have any suggestions?
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Old September 18th, 2005, 01:23 PM     #2 (permalink)
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I would double and triple check that the video card is all the way in the agp slot. Sometimes a case isn't made just right and it will keep the card from seating correctly. With agp cards just a tiny little bit will keep it from working.
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i'll second that advice .
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Old September 18th, 2005, 06:36 PM     #4 (permalink)
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what operating system?


did you upgrade the video drivers or did you flash the video bios?
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Old September 19th, 2005, 12:25 PM     #5 (permalink)
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blank screen still

I have reset all cards, I'm using Win XP, and I just upgraded the drivers not flashed the bios.
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