Redhat Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 The cable from mobo to floppy drive was not in properly. I pushed it in, turned on and everything was blue! So I thought, ok, faulty cable probably, lets take it out. Still blue :( Graphics card not in right? Let's take it out and putit back in. Still blue :( Mobo grinding against the case maybe? Nope spacers are there supporting...Still blue :( RAM not in right? Checked it...Still blue :(I'm running it bare bones at the minute and yes, I'm still blue. I'm going to substitute working parts for the current parts to find out who's causing the problem. I'm guessing the mobo, as I touched nothing else. ANyone got any ideas before I have to go take it back to the shop :blink: ?P.S. I'm using madre's pc as my laptop backlight also went Sunday. JUST NOT MY WEEK! :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuzzman Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 What do you mean? Did it BSOD, or do you just not get a good video signal?If it's a BSOD, check your RAM modules, and reseat them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhat Posted January 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 The system boots up, but the entire display screen is blue. Bios is presented with a blue background, boot loader etc.. It's not a BSOD, I think them 0x0045858 numbers would be easier to cope with :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuzzman Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 Sounds more like a problem with the Monitor...Is it CRT or LCD?Before you take anything back to the shop - I'd hook it up to an alternate monitor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhat Posted January 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 It was a TFT :D The alternate monitor worked perfect. Is it a case of just having to buy a new one? I already tried "Auto correct" with the monitor. I don't necessarily mind getting a new monitor though, I'll just get a nice posh one :P Do you recommend any brands for good TFT's? This one was a ProView that I got with the original system (it's changed almost 100% since purchase). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuzzman Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 Thought so - although unfortunaltely I can't reccomend a good one... I only use CRT's...And yea - it should simply be a matter of a swap-out... shouldn't be any further problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhat Posted January 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 Bought a Phillips 17" TFT , it's a beauty! 16ms response time and the image is very clear. No dead pixels! £180 :D Cheers for the help scuzz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuzzman Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 No problem :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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