Hello Sluggers.
Thought I'd throw another one at you today. Running SuSE 11.0 and KDE3 but
that's not important.
This has been going on for years but now I have to fix it. Every day when I
boot up my machine (I have a toggle on a surge protector which fires
everything up. monitor, printer, etc, and supplies power to the computer
itself) However, the computer itself needs to be started independently by
pushing a button on the front of the case. Everytime I do this i get a blank
black screen. Nothing - nada. I have to push the button and hold it until the
computer shuts down, re-push the button to start the computer again. This
time the POST starts and the computer boots normally. Happens every time.
The MB is a MSI K8T Neo2
I have to fix it because I bought a new monitor and no amount of button
pushing will bring up a Post screen. I sent the monitor back to Newegg
thinking it was defective and they tested it finding nothing wrong,and sent
it back to me.
There are two options in the Award bios on how the button operates, an on/off
(where it is set to that option) and a re-set mode. But, I am deathly afraid
to change that for fear of getting a blank black screen forever with no way
of getting back to the bios.
Any ideas from the Sluggers?
Bob S
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