Keith gets a strange problem when he boots up his pc. The desktop shows briefly then the screen goes blank for a few minutes. Sometimes there are strange patterns on screen. What I would do is a quick check to see monitor cables and connection to the computer is sound. Also make sure the graphics card is seated properly inside the computer. You could try a different monitor briefly if available. Also try downloading the latest drivers for your graphic card. Worst case scenario might be a faulty graphics card but they are not expensive.
There’s an outside chance some kind of virus or startup program might be hijacking things so do a scan with decent software just in case. I use Bullguard.
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December 2nd, 2011 at 4:12 am
Today i notice my monitior keep staying in sleep mode so i tryed turning it off an on again no chamge so i manuel turned off my whole system when i tryed to reboot the monitor still stays in sleep mode and the tower has a beeping noise it goes beep beep than a long beepppp than repeats itself . I cant have a virus since i havent had any internet servive hooked up to it for more than 6 months. Its a HP Media Center 7674 windows. XP intelV//V i have never had any trouble with it before today do u have any suggestions
December 2nd, 2011 at 1:48 pm
I was going to say it might be a graphic card problem but the fact that your system is beeping indicated a potentially worse problem. Your operating system may need repairing or reinstalling.