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by mderancy Feb 20, 2003 last reply Mar 24, 2003

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I have a problem with my monitor. When I start the computer, the monitor signal is amber, not green...and I dont hear the post signal beep. I then tried to start the computer again...only to wait until the cd rom lights blinks and then quickly turn on the monitor. At that point,I finally hear the post beep immediately and the monitor screen is then viewable(green light)...Sometimes the keyboard does not light up, signaling me that the post did not follow through.I have tried everything: checkedpower cords, reseated video card, switched the monitor with another machine and it worked normally...I have the latest video drivers..I really would like to stop the annoying pushing of the monitor button to get the thing going....I have pIII WINDOWS 2000 with the lastest service pack 3 and direcx 8 drivers, geforce2 mx 64 mb video, 733 mhz intel processor. Mobo is only two years old. I hav a VIA chipset, which I also install their 4-in one drivers, but that wasn't the problem. Thanx

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by thechas Feb 20, 2003

Okay, for POST, drivers and service packs make NO difference.

With the things you have tried, I suspect that you have a bad video card.

Another possibility, is that the video card is not seating fully into the slot.
FOr AGP cards, the board only needs to be up 0.010" from fully seated to cause problems.

I also had a system where the AGP connector on the motherboard went bad, and caused similar symptoms.

I suggest you try a different video card (PCI if you can) and see if that worksproperly.

Next, you can try removing the bracket from the video card, and seeing if the card seats better then. I have to modify many of the chassis and video cards that I use when assembling systems.
As I said, it only takes 0.010" for an AGP card to not make proper connection.

Chas

by mderancy Mar 24, 2003

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by csmith Feb 20, 2003

This is not the video card.
This is a problem in a Power Management setting in the BIOS.
There is nothing wrong with the monitor either.
There is nothing wrong with any of the hardware.
Check the power management settings in the BIOS, and make sure they agree with what the monitor is designed for.
IF you don't have the manual for the monitor, you will have to down load it from the web.
This is not a big problem, just an annoying one.
Regards, Chris