Is your monitor DVI, by chance? I've seen a number of times when this happens using DVI displays (and who isn't DVI at this point...). Since DVI is just a digital bus, the system/display driver has to "detect" the digital device in order to use it. If this detection isn't working properly, the issue you describe can occur. Usually, updating your video drivers is sufficient to resolve that issue. I would suggest a full uninstall/reinstall, rather than over-the-top installation.
Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- > boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski > Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 6:57 PM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] XP Annoyances > > Looks like steinie (JRS) is the genius, certainly not me. I'm not 100% > sure, but I just did a test after setting the main bios options to halt > for no errors. It didn't have a selection for halt on all except > video. > I'll do a more thorough test tomorrow, but this looks really good to > me. > I did not think that the MB would halt on a monitor not being present > after fulling booting into XP. Sheesh. > > JRS wrote: > > What about that BIOS setting many PC's have, to "halt on errors"? > > > > Most I have seen are set to just stop on Keyboard errors only.. > > > > Yours could be set to stop on all errors? > > > > > > > >> Well, the monitor issue is still open. Tried all sorts of keyboard > >> combinations to no avail. I really don't understand why either the > MB > >> or the OS would suspend or just halt with no monitor seen. > >> > >> Steve > >>
