monitor on standby when computer loads up

fez00 · 18 Nov 2010 at 11:15

Hi their need some help please my computer has been running fine all day switched it off for about 30 mins then tried to reboot
When i reboot their is 1 long beeb and 1 short beeb then it loads up as normal, but my pc monitor stays on stanby and all i face is a blank screen
Im using windows xp i havent installed any new hardware and my power supply is less than 1 yr old please can u help
My motherboard is a gigabyte GA_965p_DS3 socket 775 pci express ddr2

fez00 · 18 Nov 2010 at 12:05

i have been told that its my graphics card and its bust is this right

fez00 · 18 Nov 2010 at 12:13

yes i can hear all the hard disk activity as normal dont hear the windows sound as i have turned that off

fez00 · 18 Nov 2010 at 12:16

sorry i dont have another gpu, also how do you cmos reset and wot does this do

fez00 · 18 Nov 2010 at 12:19

right i will try that now and see wot happens

fez00 · 18 Nov 2010 at 12:20

would it matter if my computer was made up by a friend and overclocked

fez00 · 18 Nov 2010 at 13:01

right ive removed the battery and still nothing, the fan on the graphics card is spinning around aswell

fez00 · 18 Nov 2010 at 13:12

fez00 · 19 Nov 2010 at 12:42

right so ive changed my graphics card from an ati x700 to a hd 6850 and it kind of worked u see it loading up, up to when the windows xp sign on and the little cursor thing goes from left to right soon as its finished it the computer is still loading but the screen comes on standy again and says mode not supported please can u help

fez00 · 19 Nov 2010 at 14:37

yep u are correct i had to get a smaller screen then updated the drivers then went back to the bigger screen

fez00 · 19 Nov 2010 at 15:44

thanks again for your help wot can i do to get the best out of the graphics card

fez00 · 20 Nov 2010 at 13:27

just a question ive just ran directx diagnostic tool to see if my graphics card has been installed proprely and a the bottom its said the file ati2dvag.dll is not digitally signed which mean it not been tested by windows quality labs (WHQL)
wot does this mean

fez00 · 20 Nov 2010 at 14:06

well im having a bit problems with the update i go to ati download the drivers but when asked to either install and unistall i click install and nothing happens

fez00 · 21 Nov 2010 at 12:07

right im using windows xp how do i know which it is 32 or 64 also wot does uac mean