my computer died =(

[Buffdaddy34]

I have a 1ghz t-bird, and an MSI board. I turn on the copmuter, it gets to the memory clock, it goes to win2k load bar, zips half way up the bar and the connection to the monitor dies. the monitor's green light goes yellow, however, the computer remains on. I have changed the power supply, so I don't think it's that. I am curious, is it my GPU or is it my mobo? I have no idea why this is doing it. It's strange too, this problem happened during the summer. I turned the computer off for about 4 months, and then I turned it back on a week ago, runs fine and then in the middle of a program, *bloop*, connection to monitor dies. computer is still on. Happened one more time two days ago, and now it hasn't started since. it stops at the win2k load bar. Any suggestions? anyone else encounter this problem?

It would help me out a lot. thank you

 

[LiLithTecH]

Have you tried Wiggling the Monitor cable when the signal disappears?

It's not unusual for a cable to go bad.

 

[foofoo]

this sounds like the video signal is out of the capture range of the monitor.
can you boot into safe mode vga and get a picture?

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Originally posted by: foofoo
this sounds like the video signal is out of the capture range of the monitor.
can you boot into safe mode vga and get a picture?

yeah...make sure the refresh rates aren't too high

 

[lobadobadingdong]

Originally posted by: LiLithTecH
Have you tried Wiggling the Monitor cable when the signal disappears?

It's not unusual for a cable to go bad.

It's not likely a cable in this instance if you are getting a signal up until the video driver is being loaded, most likely your driver has been fubard or the refresh rate has been set over the max that the monitor can support. follow the others suggestion hit f8 after you see the post start up a couple of times until you get to the chioces menu, then boot into safe mode. once in safe mode right click on the desktop and select properties, settings, advanced, monitor, then select a refresh rate of 60hz to start with. click ok and it should prompt you to restart, let it, if it doesn't restart anyway. once you get back to windows, you can adjust the refresh rate the same way up to the maximum that your monitor will support manually, sometimes having it set to optimum will mess things up if you don't have the proper monitor drivers installed, this is very common with plug-n-pray monitors. If that didn't fix your problems, boot back into safe mode and remove and re-install the video cards drivers.

 

[LiLithTecH]

lobadobadingdong

It's not likely a cable in this instance

Huh?

Did you read the part about

"runs fine and then in the middle of a program, *bloop*, connection to monitor dies"

 

[Buffdaddy34]

well, see, it couldnt' be the monitor cable. that was brand new and it works fine now. The only thing i could think is that it's the mobo. even if I get it into safe mode, it will *bloop* out. Even if I'm trying to load windows again, it *bloops* out. I dont' know, I wish I could figure out. See, I just purchased some new gear and would like to know what the problem is. It's not that it could be much. The same gpu, is in the box. I bought a new CPU, mother board, and ram. everythign seems to be workign fine now. Any more suggestions?

 

[Scottee]

Sounds like it's the GPU. What video card do you have? Maybe possibly overheating the GPU. Does the video signal go out at the exact same moment in every bootup?

 

[Buffdaddy34]

almost every time. However, it is working fine int he new system. I just want to know which part of this system that I had before is the problem. Could it be the GPU? or is it the mobo? Sicne the GPU is fine, I'm assuming it's the mobo. PLease more tips...