Answer» Hi,
I am not sure if anyone can help me but here is a description of my problem.
I bought a Samsung 19" LCD Monitor on Boxing Day and when I tried to set it up I had some problems similar to what I am about to describe in a second. I was able to fix it somehow but cannot remember what I did because it just seemed to work and I tried a lot of stuff. However, when I recently moved and tried setting up the COMPUTER again the same problem arose.
Basically, when I start my computer I see all the boot up info, and the MICROSOFT symbol and then when it should be at the password screen the screen goes black and the monitor flashes digital/analog on the screen and then the monitor POWER BUTTON flashes blue. I have tried all the buttons and changed the digital/analog setting to manual but this does not work. I have tried changing some things in the BIOS with no luck and also tried having Windows revert to the last working conditions and this also did not work. I can however get it to work fine in VGA mode which I can choose when I get to the safe mode option screen. When I try to adjust the resolution the screen goes to the black screen and flashes the digital/analog again. I have tried the monitor on a different computer and it works and when I tried a different monitor on my computer it does the same thing where the screen goes black. This leads me to believe it has to be my computer or its settings that are the problem.
I have a pretty crappy video card but it is good ENOUGH for my needs and I don't have the money to upgrade at this time. It is a GeForce 4 MX440 and my computer is about 5 years old but when I got it I upgraded everything so that it should last longer.
If anyone has any suggestions I would greatly appreciate hearing about them.
Thanks.What resolution are you trying to set it to? Have you tried a lower color setting? (Like 256 colors)I think it was 256 colors.
And I was trying to make it 800x600 but once it gets changed it reverts to the black screen and the flashing digital/analog screen.Try 1024x768
Are there any driver issues with the monitor? i am having trouble locating the driver for the monitor so that i can see if that is the problem. I have the samsung 931BF monitor and the geforce 4 mx440 video card.
It is weird that the monitor only works in vga mode and goes black with any better settings. As a result i can use messenger but do nothing else on the internet.
Right click the My Computer icon Click Properties
Make your way to the hardware tab, and click "Device Manager"
Is there anything there with a question mark, exclamation mark, or X over it/beside it?only the pci thing has a question mark but I think that is just my modem.
The monitor says it is fine. I installed the latest driver for the monitor and i am still getting the same problem. I am getting the latest one for the video card next.i just fixed the problem. it was the video card driver that was the problem.
thanks for the help!
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