Pc blowing my monitors?

guzzbuzz

closed wrote: »

can you go into and stay in the bios screen

has the machine got more than one video card output.

Are you pressing F8 in time

which operating system

which graphics card

Yes im pressing in time, as i said i can see it even if i switch monitor off and on for a sec, its there

Windows xp

motherboard shared graphics card (in built)

thanks

closed

if you've tested a known working machine, sat on the bios screen on a known working monitor and it works, then plug in the 2 possibly faulty monitors without doing anything else, into the same machine and it doesn't work, using the same vga lead, and the same power lead, the only possible conclusion is both monitors are faulty - take all other possibilities out of the equation, including kvm switches.

if the faulty tft has a reset to factory state menu, try that.

The importance of the bios screen is it removes a possible windows resolution issue out of the equation

the working monitor should also work on all your machines, at the bios screen

Ratboy

Right, have you tried the monitors on another computer? Do they work?

Otherwise remove your video card, and use onboard, and if only onboard available, get a video card, and use that.

You seem to be making a big issue from a small thing.

2 monitors fail; not checked on another computer, same issue, NOT a monitor fail.

Fail to run safe mode or know what it is? That would prevent the issue that you report. Posting wrong f keys to access it?

Not checked with a known working monitor..?

Check what you are asking and the answer you want, because you are not making sense, by not discounting the obvious..

guzzbuzz

Ratboy wrote: »

Right, have you tried the monitors on another computer? Do they work?

Otherwise remove your video card, and use onboard, and if only onboard available, get a video card, and use that.

You seem to be making a big issue from a small thing.

2 monitors fail; not checked on another computer, same issue, NOT a monitor fail.

Fail to run safe mode or know what it is? That would prevent the issue that you report. Posting wrong f keys to access it?

Not checked with a known working monitor..?

Check what you are asking and the answer you want, because you are not making sense, by not discounting the obvious..

I have tried the monitors on a known working machine and they did not work

i was thinking about getting a cheap video card and trying that...need to find one compatable with my motherboard/power supply though as previously was going to upgrade only to find out they couldnt handle it

i have checked them on other systems including my laptop and a freinds pc in a different house

i said i have tried to get into safe mode, it stays on for 5-10 secs of the boot up and then it goes off, before i can see the safe mode screen

not checked with a known working monitor? i am using a known working monitor now with the newer pc

thanks

guzzbuzz

closed wrote: »

if you've tested a known working machine, sat on the bios screen on a known working monitor and it works, then plug in the 2 possibly faulty monitors without doing anything else, into the same machine and it doesn't work, using the same vga lead, and the same power lead, the only possible conclusion is both monitors are faulty - take all other possibilities out of the equation, including kvm switches.

if the faulty tft has a reset to factory state menu, try that.

The importance of the bios screen is it removes a possible windows resolution issue out of the equation

the working monitor should also work on all your machines, at the bios screen

Ok thanks

I will try this 2mrw and report back.

I think i have done everything you said in the first paragrpah. I have tried the monitors on different machines, even freinds machines. same problem.

i cant see the reset to factory state menu, i have tried fiddling with the buttons on the front but nothing seems to work

the monitor im using now works on both pc's ive tried it.

could it be a software problem?

closed

no OS software running at the bios screen

guzzbuzz

I can access that bios screen on this monitor, is there something you want me to change in there?

closed

no - the reason I keep mentioning going to the bios screen is to rule out a windows or screen resolution problem

if you have a machine on that bios screen, then put all three monitors on and see what happens.

on which monitor, one that didn't work?

it might be simpler (for us) if you specify what three monitors you have (including size), and number them 1,2,3 etc, and do the same with the machines.

guzzbuzz

closed wrote: »

no

on which monitor, one that didn't work?

it might be simpler (for us) if you specify what three monitors you have (including size), and number them 1,2,3 etc, and do the same with the machines.

Ok sorry, i think im confusing the matter.

The monitor that works is a packard bell (15 inch) lcd ?(very old)

The 1st monitor that broke is a Dell (15 inch) tft lcd (used for 2 years before it broke)

The 2nd monitor that my friend sent me is a EDGE IO (21 inch) tft lcd (seemed to work for a few mins then went blank, just like the dell)


The 1st pc is a 10 year old packard bell. This works fine with the old monitor but the dell and edge io wont work on this pc.

The 2nd pc is 2 years old (unbranded from ebuyer). The dell and the edge io WON'T work on this pc. The packard bell WILL work on this pc.


So i can access the bios screen on the older packard bell monitor but not on the dell or the EDGE IO.

I hope that helps with the confusion?

Thanks for the help, much appreciated.

closed

Is it the case, that the edge monitor works on no machine or laptop, at all, in bios screen, in windows or in safe mode? using the same lead that's attached to the pbell monitor (assuming it's removable)?

Is there is only one vga outlet on all these machines? IE do any have an on board, and a video card too?

does the ebuyer machine have a standard vga connector?

have any of the vga cables you are using been trapped, or damaged