Pile of s**t

[LTF]

If i boot my pc up, half the time, the monitor doesnt 'spring' into action. To get it to do so i have to turn the power off on the psu then wait for a few seconds before turning it on then switching it on at the front!

Any ideas?

Sensible ones preferably...

 

[old.Jas]

Some kinda power saving problem? I dunno

 

[Testin da Cable]

ummmmmmmmmmm....reseat your agpcard?

 

[LTF]

Pff its a funny one cuz it cud be lots of things...
Mebbee the PSU... hmm...

 

[LTF]

Originally posted by testin_da_cable
ummmmmmmmmmm....reseat your agpcard?

Burn the agp card, its voodoo 3 uke:

 

[Wij]

Update your BIOS.

 

[Will]

Ah, disable energy saving in windows and in the bios. Should get the job done.

 

[LTF]

Originally posted by Wij
Update your BIOS.

Last time i did that i screwed a mobo up

Its a KT7A Raid btw...

 

[Wij]

I had a board that had it all disabled but it still did stuff like this until I updated the BIOS. Was my BE6-II I think.

 

[Summo]

Round up! Round up! Git chor Abit KT7A-RAID BIOS updates 'ere!

Make sure you install the correct one, though. You'll need to know if your motherboard is version 1.3 or earlier. There's a little label on the side of the ISA slot which will tell you. Your manual also tells you how to check the version.

 

[LTF]

Cheers summo, ive just put the pile of shit in a new case, so its kinda sugar coated

But NOW its boots for about 5 seconds then dies on me!

I think the mobo is on its wat out

respec'

 

[Trem]

Is it a voodoo 3500 wid the big blue lead/pod thing?I had 1 of dem and i had no end of probs with it not booting, does yr comp make a long bleep when booting?

 

[LTF]

YES!

Whooped me knicks and i ripped the speaker cable out

Its not too good is it

 

[Xavier]

more importantly - what's the monitor??

If it's something like an IIyama Vision Master Pro 451 then it's a known issue... if not then I'd look at it first as it's more than likely the primary cause...


(IIyama or LLama? only YOU decide )

 

[Wij]

oi, iiyama r0x

 

[Xavier]

hmm, vision master 451 pro's don't... they deffo sux (ask either myself or embattle why) the 452 r0xx0r tho

 

[Wij]

mine's just and old 450. it's been brill

 

[Testin da Cable]

mine still is

 

[Xavier]

I used a 452 pro at a lan party yesterday and it was so much sw33ter than my 451... yet cheaper... bah!

xav

 

[LTF]

Its a 17" scummy TINY monitor, its in quite good nick but starting to flicker around the corners

 

[LTF]

Incidentally, i reset the cmos and the beep went away
All problems seem intermittent...

 

[Xavier]

ja didn't mention any beep!!

bleh!