On Sunday 19 July 2009 22:19:31 Bob Stia wrote:
> 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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Hi Sluggers,
Thanks to all who posted and tried to help, Problem is solved.
Went out and bought a GeForce 8400 and installed it. The old monitor comes
right up now and the new monitor works perfectly. Strange. Now I gotta go
find the proper Nvidia driver for that card.
Bob S
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