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take the monitor to another computer. if problem follows monitor, get new monitor or warranty replacement on that one...

a little more info. I have tried using another monitor but the same thing happens. :-(

I agree with the sarge, have you tried moving the monitor wire around? could it be a coinsidence that at the times you've accessed your bios the monitor was just working fine?

Another thing is the monitor probably has a problem comming back from rest mode, goto Control Panel and go into your Power Options where it says turn monitor off select "Never" on the dropdown menu.

Well hope that helps,

-Mike

I'll third that. Smells like a monitor problem in some way. Sarge is right. Test it on another machine before you replace the mobo.

Hi
Two monitors the same! Its unlikely to be a monitor problem.
If mobo has onboard video, try removing video card and enabling onboard to see if this works. Also try plugging video card into another slot, preferrably closer to the CPU, in case the bus is damaged.

The video card is AGP. At first I thought it was a heat problem because of where the computer was kept. It was in a slot made for tower computers at the bottom of a desk. Howerver, after taking the computer out of the slot and leaving it on top of the desk, the problem still remains.
I want to thank all you who have responded to this question.
Corpman