display problem

Have you checked power saving settings in BIOS and in Me under Screen Saver tab in Display Settings?

May not be either, but have to start somewhere.

Dalton

Well the first thing to check is the LED on the front of the monitor is it staying on solid or flashing?

If it is on solid the monitor is getting a signal but for some reason not processing it so either the lead to the monitor has gone bad or the more likely thing the monitor is failing with a heat sensitive component.

If the LED is flashing the monitor isn't getting a signal so you'll have to look at the Video Card if there is one and it's not part of the M'Board. If you have an all in 1 M'Board with built in Video it is possible that the Video Ram has been altered in BIOS and that when Windows opens there is not enough RAM available to actually run the monitor. This is allocated in 32 MEG blocks and as a general guide 64 MEG of Video Ram is required to keep things running, but this is subtracted from System Memory and uses the CPU to act as a GPU so things will be much slower particularly if you are running a minimum amount of RAM.

Col

Once you have checked the power savings,see if updating the graphics card driver will help
Check your memory modules have not crept out the slots,then you will want to check to make sure that your graphics card is not going bad

How about some feedback here. Need to do your part.

And you should also go back and look at other questions you have open and address them as well.

We do not get paid, do this for free to help, and only ask that questioners provide feedback and let us know what worked and what didn't. You need to hold up your end of the bargain.

Dalton

First, before anything I suggest upgrading to at least Windows 2000... But, seems like it's a driver issue. Sometimes they just corrupt. Have you defragged lately?

1) Download the correct driver on a different computer and burn it to a cd or zip or floppy
2) Boot into safe mode (F8) and uninstall the driver (Control Panel > System > Hardware)
3) Put the cd in load the new driver and restart
4) If you don't know how to do any of this then see a PC Technician in person and spend the money to have it fixed.

First I agree with FreeTechie but you should upgrade to at least Win98se or better. ME sucks really bad and was thrown together too fast to be worth spending money on.

Try another monitor if it does the same thing then try testing your video card if it is removable. If another monitor works then your monitor may be bad check the pins on the end or buy a new monitor.

If all else fails pull the hard drive and backup the data then reinstall ME or upgrade to 98SE or if the computer can handle it Win2000 or XP.