Monitor troubles

Maxibon7724 · 04-05-07, 01:37 PM

When i boot up using a CRT the everything is fine and windows boots no problem plays games etc. When i use a TFT i get the first few lines of bios then it goes blank, the monitor light stays green so it is receiving a signal. I have changed the gfx card but to no avail. Can you think of a problem? Im thinking PSU or Mobo but it doesnt make any sense. Thx

**DiscipleDOC** · 04-05-07, 02:24 PM

I doubt if it's your mobo or psu. If it was, it would do the same thing for your crt. Check your dvi/vga cable (if you're using a different cable than the one for your crt monitor.

Zelda_fan · 04-05-07, 02:26 PM

Is the TFT monitor connected through a DVI cable?

A lot of times the graphics card will default to outputting through the VGA adapter, and if you are connecting the TFT through DVI you may have to go and set the default output to DVI.

DRen72 · 04-05-07, 03:45 PM

What TFT model and video card are you running?

ViN86 · 04-05-07, 03:52 PM

do you let it continue booting or do you just restart it?

if not, let it boot up to windows or w/e OS you have.

if you let it go, does the signal come back when windows starts? i had the same problem a while ago, dont know how it resolved itself

04-05-07, 01:37 PM	#1
Maxibon7724 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1	Monitor troubles When i boot up using a CRT the everything is fine and windows boots no problem plays games etc. When i use a TFT i get the first few lines of bios then it goes blank, the monitor light stays green so it is receiving a signal. I have changed the gfx card but to no avail. Can you think of a problem? Im thinking PSU or Mobo but it doesnt make any sense. Thx

04-05-07, 02:24 PM	#2
DiscipleDOC Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Alabama, Planet Earth Posts: 5,943	Re: Monitor troubles I doubt if it's your mobo or psu. If it was, it would do the same thing for your crt. Check your dvi/vga cable (if you're using a different cable than the one for your crt monitor.

04-05-07, 02:26 PM	#3
Zelda_fan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 10,299	Re: Monitor troubles Is the TFT monitor connected through a DVI cable? A lot of times the graphics card will default to outputting through the VGA adapter, and if you are connecting the TFT through DVI you may have to go and set the default output to DVI.

04-05-07, 03:45 PM	#4
DRen72 Eastern Pipistrelle Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The Cave Posts: 2,058	Re: Monitor troubles What TFT model and video card are you running? __________________ CPU: Intel i7 2600k Video: EVGA GTX 590 / 24" BenQ FP241WZ LCD Motherboard & RAM: ASRock P67 Extreme6 / 16GB DDR3 RAM Storage: Corsair Force Series GT 128GB SSD / Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB / Two Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB drives Optical Storage: Pioneer BDR-206DBKS Sound: Sound Blaster X-Fi / Logitech Z-5500 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit) Other: Antec P183 Case / Corsair AX-1200 Power Supply / Logitech G5 (v2.0) / Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 Console: XBox 360 Elite

04-05-07, 03:52 PM	#5
ViN86 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,486	Re: Monitor troubles do you let it continue booting or do you just restart it? if not, let it boot up to windows or w/e OS you have. if you let it go, does the signal come back when windows starts? i had the same problem a while ago, dont know how it resolved itself