strang problem while booting up

BiGBrOwNPimpsta · Jan 4, 2003, 12:06 AM

well i got a msi gf4 mx 440, when i boot up after 1 second seeing the xp logo (windows me, dual boot) the monitor goes in standby. it comes back once windows is loaded. its stupid because sometimes i can get errors or that damn chkdisk and i cant see it cause my monitor is in standby. any way to fix this this occured after installing the detonator 40s, but detonator 30s are fine....i dont want to revert back. i can live with it but want to get it fixed

digitalwanderer · Jan 4, 2003, 02:18 AM

What kind of monitor? And have you tried fiddling with the refresh rates at different resolutions? It sounds like XP is kicking into a display mode that has a refresh rate too high for your monitor on boot.

BiGBrOwNPimpsta · Jan 4, 2003, 03:50 AM

no my monitor is fine, ive never had a refresh rate problem that lotta ppl have. its a samsung 700 ift flat screen. good monitor dont know why this occurs, this doesnt only happen on xp, it happens on ME cause i do dual boot.

Rick Flair · Jan 17, 2003, 10:16 PM

Did you try MSI's bios update on your card, I know Nvidia releaed a bios update because DOS wouldn't work on some TFT monitors.

RF

Jan 4, 2003, 12:06 AM	#1
BiGBrOwNPimpsta HH's #1 Hustla and Pimp Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: The Dirty Dot Posts: 7,717 Rep Power: 107 System Specs	strang problem while booting up well i got a msi gf4 mx 440, when i boot up after 1 second seeing the xp logo (windows me, dual boot) the monitor goes in standby. it comes back once windows is loaded. its stupid because sometimes i can get errors or that damn chkdisk and i cant see it cause my monitor is in standby. any way to fix this this occured after installing the detonator 40s, but detonator 30s are fine....i dont want to revert back. i can live with it but want to get it fixed

Jan 4, 2003, 02:18 AM	#2
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	Question What kind of monitor? And have you tried fiddling with the refresh rates at different resolutions? It sounds like XP is kicking into a display mode that has a refresh rate too high for your monitor on boot. __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

Jan 4, 2003, 03:50 AM	Thread Starter #3
BiGBrOwNPimpsta HH's #1 Hustla and Pimp Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: The Dirty Dot Posts: 7,717 Rep Power: 107 System Specs	answer no my monitor is fine, ive never had a refresh rate problem that lotta ppl have. its a samsung 700 ift flat screen. good monitor dont know why this occurs, this doesnt only happen on xp, it happens on ME cause i do dual boot. __________________ Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music \| Logitech Z-5500 THX 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers \| 2 Lite-On 20x S-ATA Burners \| Logitech G700 Mouse \| Logitech MX5500 Bluetooth Keyboard

Jan 17, 2003, 10:16 PM	#4
Rick Flair HardwareHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	Did you try MSI's bios update on your card, I know Nvidia releaed a bios update because DOS wouldn't work on some TFT monitors. RF