Dont see anything till windows screen

[tomk_bucks]

Now here is a strange problem that has got me completely baffled with my Asus M2npv-vm

I have built a lovely machine with an Antec Fusion case and this M2NPV-VM motherboard. I will skip over all the fun I had with a DOA board but the second one was fine.

All was groovy and I was able to put on the latest bios firmware then installed Vista. Sure I had the hassles like other posters here with sound and devices but was able to overcome these and had a working system. Then it happend...

I plugged a DVI single cable into my Samsung 23" LCD tv and into the onboard DVI slot. It worked and Vista came on screen and all was fine. I then connected with a DSUB cable to my HP 17" LCD monitor and the onboard DSUB slot. This again worked and I get full dual screen with no problem. The strange thing is....

Whenever I reboot the machine there is no display on either device until the Vista logo has kicked in and it is prompting me to choose my user profile to load. No matter whether booting to a CD or trying to press DEL on reboot to enter the bios. Even if I just connect the 17" monitor with DSUB or the DVI on it's own and have a single screen I can not get any display until Vista has loaded and then suddenly the screen comes to life.

What can be causing this? Do I just need to bite the bullet and buy a PCIE graphics card? The Antec Fusion case has a poweful PSU so it is not a power thing.

Everything is working in Vista but I am worried that one day I will need to get to the Bios or see the Ram check etc... I just don't get any screen action to the bios until Windows has loaded.

Any ideas out there?

 

[Theguy]

I used to have this problem when i had a radion9000 connected via DVI, in vga it was fine, but connected into a dvi, no bios information could be seen uptil windows.

i can only think making using the bios has selected to use onboard 1st as a display.

Or you might have to built the bullet and buy a graphics card if having that information is 30quids (cheapy graphics card price) important to you.

 

[Dan2kx]

i too experience this, i think it is a limitation with the samsung screen, you need the digital drivers i think and these only kick in when vista comes on.

i could be wrong but that is my guess

if you use the vga cable (rather than the dvi) it works fine!

 

[darkblade]

Er, no it's the graphics card. I have the same issue using a Dell 24" under Win XP. Its never bothered me enough to look any further into it though.

 

[cuke2u]

Hi, I had this issue with my partners system too. With the ATI X1300 and a BenQ it wouldn't show post until the windows splash screen. However with a Viewsonic 19", it was fine....
ChrisC