moniter goes off just before login screen but works fine in to safe mode

mosehn · 18 Dec 2006 at 21:23

i really dont know what is going on at the moment , all of a sudden the moniter goes off before windows xp login screen ,but in safe mode i can get past this. i am starting to think its the gfx card which is a
geforce 7900 gto which cost a lot
the onboard gfx works fine in normal mode ,
any ideas on what i can do to fix this .
thanks

Minstadave · 18 Dec 2006 at 21:25

Have you set a resolution or refresh rate that your monitor doesn't support in normal mode?

Uninstall your graphics drivers in safe mode, then when you boot into normal mode you'll be in plain VGA mode and it should work.

mosehn · 18 Dec 2006 at 21:27

yes ive tried to unistall the drivers in safe mode then it lets me in to normal mode but soon as you see the nvida logo and press next , the moniter goes off like its on standby , then if i reboot straight from this moment it dosent get the login screen and stays with the moniter on the orange light to stanby mode

UKDTweak · 18 Dec 2006 at 21:28

Do you have another vga card or monitor to test ?

mosehn · 18 Dec 2006 at 21:31

i tested the onbaord geforce 6150 and that boots fine in normal mode with 91.47 driver

mosehn · 18 Dec 2006 at 21:34

Uninstall your graphics drivers in safe mode, then when you boot into normal mode you'll be in plain VGA mode and it should work.

good thinking i will try that now as i dont have that option in safe mode

mosehn · 18 Dec 2006 at 21:37

right i am now in normal mode with no gfx card drivers installed
windows says vga controller found etc...
but in the moniter refresh option from advanced it just says
use hardware default settings and is greyed out

Minstadave · 18 Dec 2006 at 21:38

mosehn said:
right i am now in normal mode with no gfx card drivers installed
windows says vga controller found etc...
but in the moniter refresh option from advanced it just says
use hardware default settings and is greyed out

What happens when you reinstall the drivers? It just kills the output?

mosehn · 18 Dec 2006 at 21:39

yes soon as i launch the installer you see the nvidia logo , click next and then it goes off there or round abouts

mosehn · 18 Dec 2006 at 21:41

is there any good driver cleaners , maybe something is conflicting

Minstadave · 18 Dec 2006 at 21:44

mosehn said:
is there any good driver cleaners , maybe something is conflicting

http://www.drivercleaner.net/

mosehn · 18 Dec 2006 at 21:55

you have to pay for that ,
right update !
from the f8 menu on boot i seen Enable vga mode
now i am in that mode but its in 8bit colour mode , if i change to 16 or 32 bam the moniter goes off in orange light mode , if i change the refresh rate bam the mointer goes off in orange light mode , i am going to do a fresh format on a 80 gig maxitor so then i know no old drivers or anything is getting the way

Diddyman · 18 Dec 2006 at 22:45

Check to ensure Gfx card is seated 100% properly and none of the gold connectors are showing where it slots in.

Diddy