PC Problems http://www.pcproblems.ie Computer Solutions | Support | Tips | Web Design | Leitrim, Ireland Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:35:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc NTLDR is Missing http://www.pcproblems.ie/ntldr-is-missing/ http://www.pcproblems.ie/ntldr-is-missing/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:35:40 +0000 PC Dude http://www.pcproblems.ie/?p=476 Nouman gets the message “NTLDR is missing” on starting up the computer. NTLDR is the boot loader for Windows NT systems including your XP so if it’s missing or corrupt you computer can’t start properly. First, check all hard drive cables. You could try updating your PC’s BIOS or resetting to default values. Otherwise you’ll need to boot from the XP installation disk and select R to repair the installation. When you reach the Recovery Console type the following commands to replace your corrupt versions:

copy d:\i386\ntldr c:\
copy d:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\

Where “d” is the drive letter assigned to your DVD/CD drive. When complete, take out the XP CD and restart.

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]]> http://www.pcproblems.ie/ntldr-is-missing/feed/ 0 Power Surge on Hub Port http://www.pcproblems.ie/power-surge-on-hub-port/ http://www.pcproblems.ie/power-surge-on-hub-port/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:20:54 +0000 PC Dude http://www.pcproblems.ie/?p=474 Ravi is getting the message “A USB device has exceeded the power limits of its hub port.” This normally means that you have a USB device connected that is drawing more power than the hub can support. If all USB devices still work fine than you can safely ignore this message but if not you may need to get an external USB hub that has an external power supply so it’s not drawing power from the computer. You might also consider upgrading the Firmware/Drivers for your hub.

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]]> http://www.pcproblems.ie/power-surge-on-hub-port/feed/ 0 No Internet http://www.pcproblems.ie/no-internet/ http://www.pcproblems.ie/no-internet/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 22:03:27 +0000 PC Dude http://www.pcproblems.ie/?p=471 Andrew can’t seem to get online after playing the WOW game. There’s really too many possible reasons why you’ve no internet and since you’ve tried a few obvious things already like resetting the router, checking the connection, virus checking etc..Iwould suggest ringing your internet provider. They do go down regularly! Also, it’s possible you may have gone over your isp’s monthly bandwidth limit. Online gaming can do this easily!

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]]> http://www.pcproblems.ie/no-internet/feed/ 1 DVD Drive Not Recognized http://www.pcproblems.ie/dvd-drive-not-recognized/ http://www.pcproblems.ie/dvd-drive-not-recognized/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 21:58:16 +0000 PC Dude http://www.pcproblems.ie/?p=469 Sherrie replaced the internal DVD writer in her PC and now the computer is telling here it cannot find the hardware device. It may sound obvious, but you need to double check you have everything connected correctly. A new DVD drive requires at least both a Data ribbon cable connection and a power connection. They may also require an audio connection. If you’re sure its installed correctly then the computer should either auto install a driver or ask you to supply one on a disk so if you’ve no disk you might need to download a driver from the manufacturers website.

On rare occasions, DVD drives just aren’t compatible with certain computers. This may be remedied by a firmware or bios update for your motherboard, available from the motherboard makers site.

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]]> http://www.pcproblems.ie/dvd-drive-not-recognized/feed/ 0 No Windows 7 Drivers http://www.pcproblems.ie/no-windows-7-drivers/ http://www.pcproblems.ie/no-windows-7-drivers/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 21:51:47 +0000 PC Dude http://www.pcproblems.ie/?p=466 Rajiv upgraded Vista to Windows 7 and is now having issues with his Laptop’s sound card. Unfortunately, there are quite a few drivers unavailable for Windows 7 but the best thing is to check your laptop, motherboard or sound card manufacturers websites to see what drivers they have. If you have more than one sound card installed try to switch to the other one in the sound properties section. You can also use the device manager to automatically try to find any available drivers online.

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]]> http://www.pcproblems.ie/no-windows-7-drivers/feed/ 0 PC Shutting Down After Update http://www.pcproblems.ie/pc-shutting-down-after-update/ http://www.pcproblems.ie/pc-shutting-down-after-update/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 21:46:24 +0000 PC Dude http://www.pcproblems.ie/?p=464 Roy installed an automatic update on Windows XP and now after every startup the PC shuts down again automatically. The obvious cause seems to be the update so I’d reccommend restoring your computer to an earlier time or starting up in safe mode (tap F8 on restart) and see if it stays on there. You might need to restore from safe mode if it does or perhaps try to uninstall the latest updates.

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]]> http://www.pcproblems.ie/pc-shutting-down-after-update/feed/ 1 Laptop Won’t Turn On http://www.pcproblems.ie/laptop-wont-turn-on/ http://www.pcproblems.ie/laptop-wont-turn-on/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 21:42:19 +0000 PC Dude http://www.pcproblems.ie/?p=462 Matt can’t get his laptop to start up, there’s just the sound of the fan and nothing else. If you are sure you can’t hear anything but the fan then perhaps your hard drive has died. There are normally light ont he front of a laptop to indicate activity in various hardware components one of which should be for the hard drive (they should have symbols on them). If this light is red or not on then perhaps that would be further proof of a failed hard drive.

It could also be a dodgy power supply or corrupted operating system or boot procedure so maybe try reinstalling your system.

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]]> http://www.pcproblems.ie/laptop-wont-turn-on/feed/ 1 Laptop Won’t Start http://www.pcproblems.ie/laptop-wont-start/ http://www.pcproblems.ie/laptop-wont-start/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:22:44 +0000 PC Dude http://www.pcproblems.ie/?p=460 Matt’s laptop fan starts when he presses the power button but nothing else happens. Is there any way if you can tell if the battery is properly charged? Some of them have indicators on them. Perhaps your battery isn’t charging enough or there’s issues with your power supply. If you listenclose can you her any sounds other that the fan? If you can’t hear the whirring/spinning hard drive then this may have failed. The lights on the laptop can be a clue too. Check your manual or the makers website to see what each light indicates or doesn’t in your case.

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]]> http://www.pcproblems.ie/laptop-wont-start/feed/ 0 Can’t Download Flash, Java or Windows Service Pk http://www.pcproblems.ie/cant-download-flash-java-or-windows-service-pk/ http://www.pcproblems.ie/cant-download-flash-java-or-windows-service-pk/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:18:21 +0000 PC Dude http://www.pcproblems.ie/?p=458 Shawn can’t seem to download any of the above and while no error messages were mentioned I’d advise 2 things. 1. Try a virus scan and 2. Try using a different up to date browser.

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]]> http://www.pcproblems.ie/cant-download-flash-java-or-windows-service-pk/feed/ 0 Laptop Won’t Boot http://www.pcproblems.ie/laptop-wont-boot/ http://www.pcproblems.ie/laptop-wont-boot/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:11:13 +0000 PC Dude http://www.pcproblems.ie/?p=456 Neha’s pc boots to a blue screen and then restarts automatically and continually. I doubt if you’ve damaged your hard drive physically. Messing around with boot options is not wise really! See if you can boot to Safe Mode (tap F8 on startup) and reverse what you changed. If not then try disconnecting any unnecessary hardware and try booting again. You may need to reinstall windows or do a repair install with your original disc at least.

Look at this post also:

www.pcproblems.ie/pc-booting-to-grub-command-line

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]]> http://www.pcproblems.ie/laptop-wont-boot/feed/ 1 Mouse with a mind of it’s own!? http://www.pcproblems.ie/mouse-with-a-mind-of-its-own/ http://www.pcproblems.ie/mouse-with-a-mind-of-its-own/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:57:35 +0000 PC Dude http://www.pcproblems.ie/?p=454 Waheed’s mouse is moving by itself and when he tries to regain control he can’t! I’d say either the mouse’s ball is dirty or the optics if its a laser mouse are blocked/dirty. Make sure if you’re using a laser/optical mouse that you’re not using it on a highly reflective surface. If it’s a wireless mouse maybe your batteries are draining? Try update the mouse drivers too. See if you can get a lend of another mouse to test and make sure it’s not the pc. New mice are fairly inexpensive too though if it comes to that.

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]]> http://www.pcproblems.ie/mouse-with-a-mind-of-its-own/feed/ 0 Game Play Slowing http://www.pcproblems.ie/game-play-slowing/ http://www.pcproblems.ie/game-play-slowing/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:39:55 +0000 PC Dude http://www.pcproblems.ie/?p=452 Hardip has noticed that when playing games on his PC the gameplay slows down regularly or freezes. It seems obvious that your pc is underpowered for the types of games your playing Hardip. Double check the system requirements on the game box and then see exactly what you have on your system and if it’s within limits. You may find you need more RAM. You could also try disabling any other software or your net connection while your’e playing. Disable anti virus software especially and see if that makes a difference. Other possible issues include having a monitor that can’t refresh the game play fast enough.

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]]> http://www.pcproblems.ie/game-play-slowing/feed/ 0 DVD/CD drive not Recognised http://www.pcproblems.ie/dvdcd-drive-not-recognised/ http://www.pcproblems.ie/dvdcd-drive-not-recognised/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:31:46 +0000 PC Dude http://www.pcproblems.ie/?p=449 Ian’s DVD/CD drive on Vista is not recognised anymore and he’s tried doinga virus check. I don’t think you trying to read 15 year old discs would be the cause unless the discs were seriously damaged and interfered mechanically with the drive in some way. It sounds like a registry problem and you may need to go in and edit certain values in the registry which is something I will refrain from advising on as things can go badly wrong when you edit the registry!

Try this article however:

http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/cd-dvd-drives/code-19-vista-home-basic-167169-2.html

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]]> http://www.pcproblems.ie/dvdcd-drive-not-recognised/feed/ 0 Lost XP User Password http://www.pcproblems.ie/lost-xp-user-password/ http://www.pcproblems.ie/lost-xp-user-password/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:18:40 +0000 PC Dude http://www.pcproblems.ie/?p=447 Joanne has lost her main admin XP password and can’t get back into the computer! If there are any other admin accounts on the computer then you could login to one of them and change yours in Control Panel – User Accounts. If not then you may have to use your Password Reset disc supplied with the computer. Click the link you see when you wrongly enter your username on startup. If you don’t have this disc then try restarting the pc in safe mode by tapping F8 on startup. If you can get to the desktop here then change the admin user account password as above, if not then you may need to re-install windows. This shouldn’t be a big deal and you shouldn’t lose much if you forgot your password soon after creating it as you wont have had time to create much data!

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]]> http://www.pcproblems.ie/lost-xp-user-password/feed/ 0 Laptop LCD Flickering http://www.pcproblems.ie/laptop-lcd-flickering/ http://www.pcproblems.ie/laptop-lcd-flickering/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:06:17 +0000 PC Dude http://www.pcproblems.ie/?p=445 Yoji can see flickering in a certain section of his display. I’d say it’s a long shot but try installing the latest video card drivers from your laptop manufacturers site first. Screen faults are common on laptops mainly because the screen is a moving part. You open and close it all the time! I don’t think its too costly to get screens fixed or replaced. It might just be a loose connection too.

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]]> http://www.pcproblems.ie/laptop-lcd-flickering/feed/ 0 No Audio http://www.pcproblems.ie/no-audio/ http://www.pcproblems.ie/no-audio/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:00:47 +0000 PC Dude http://www.pcproblems.ie/?p=443 Douglas has tried a couple of reinstalls of XP but just can’t get the audio on his notebook working. I’d recommend looking for a driver on the actual computer or motherboard manufacturers website. Most of them supply the lastest drivers on their suport sections. There has to be a compatible driver somewhere. If you’ve installed an additional sound card make sure there’s a driver for this too or the computer is not trying to use this by default. It is possible however that the audio hardware is corrupt or damaged somehow. See if it appears in your Device Manager under Control Panel.

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]]> http://www.pcproblems.ie/no-audio/feed/ 0 Guitar Line Repeating!? http://www.pcproblems.ie/guitar-line-repeating/ http://www.pcproblems.ie/guitar-line-repeating/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:53:42 +0000 PC Dude http://www.pcproblems.ie/?p=441 Dave is hearing a guitar riff constantly repeating when he turns on his PC and doesn’t know where it’s coming from or how to shut it off! It almost sounds too weird to not be a virus so do a scan first off. I’d then recommend going into the system sound settings and either turning off sounds or having a look to see if this sound is assigned to a system event like startup. Maybe a previous owner set it up? To get into system sounds on XP go to Control Panel – Sounds and Audio Devices – System Sounds.

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]]> http://www.pcproblems.ie/guitar-line-repeating/feed/ 0 Internet Browsers not Working http://www.pcproblems.ie/internet-browsers-not-working/ http://www.pcproblems.ie/internet-browsers-not-working/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:26:15 +0000 PC Dude http://www.pcproblems.ie/?p=431 Phil can’t see sites in Firefox or Internet Explorer but is connected to the web. Make sure you’re not in “Work Offline” mode for a start! Next obvious step is to ensure your firewall is not blocking any browsers or networks. You may also be the victim of a browser hijack so do a full scan in safe mode with a good, updated security suite and anti-virus program.

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]]> http://www.pcproblems.ie/internet-browsers-not-working/feed/ 2 Windows 2000 Freezing http://www.pcproblems.ie/windows-2000-freezing/ http://www.pcproblems.ie/windows-2000-freezing/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:16:31 +0000 PC Dude http://www.pcproblems.ie/?p=429 Greg’s PC is freezing for 3/4 minutes at a time. I’m guessing that because you’re using an old operating system that your PC is also old!? Maybe it’s just on it’s last legs.. Apart from that the usual rules apply for slow/freezing computers. Check the following:

  • Do a virus/spyware scan with a decent updated program.
  • Do a registry cleanup with appropriate software.
  • Start your PC in Safe mode to see if it still freezes, if not that would suggest software problems so…..
  • Get rid of unused programs and do a disk cleanup.
  • Do a disk error check in the properties tab of your main hard drive.
  • Check you’re not running out of hard drive space.
  • Check your Cooling fans are still working (CPU may be overheating).
  • Try a RAM or CPU upgrade.
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]]> http://www.pcproblems.ie/windows-2000-freezing/feed/ 0 Windows Vista Sound Problem http://www.pcproblems.ie/windows-vista-sound-problem/ http://www.pcproblems.ie/windows-vista-sound-problem/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:58:53 +0000 PC Dude http://www.pcproblems.ie/?p=426 Arif installed Vista on his previously XP based system and now the rear (PCI) sound card doesn’t work but the front (integrated) one does. The obvious problem is that your rear sound card needs new Vista drivers. Vista drivers may be available by default for your onboard sound card but not all additional PCI sound cards will be supported by default. You will need to find out the manufacturer of your rear sound card and download the latest Vista drivers from their support section if they even have any.

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]]> http://www.pcproblems.ie/windows-vista-sound-problem/feed/ 1 XP Crashing http://www.pcproblems.ie/xp-crashing/ http://www.pcproblems.ie/xp-crashing/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:54:17 +0000 PC Dude http://www.pcproblems.ie/?p=424 Jamie’s XP system is crashing after a RAM installation. I would say the obvious thing to do is remove the extra RAM you installed and see if the situation rectifies itself. If not, try to remember if you changed or installed anything else and undo that too. A system Restore is another option. The RAM you bought may be faulty or incompatible with your system or you may have a RAM mismatch. Also check the RAM is installed properly.

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]]> http://www.pcproblems.ie/xp-crashing/feed/ 0 RAM Upgrade http://www.pcproblems.ie/ram-upgrade/ http://www.pcproblems.ie/ram-upgrade/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:49:59 +0000 PC Dude http://www.pcproblems.ie/?p=421 Amit is finding that GTA 4 runs fairly slowly on his pretty high spec PC and wonders if a RAM upgrade might help. Amit, my best advice if you’re playing games on a PC is to max out the RAM and get as much as you can. You can input your PC model in the ‘Memory Advisor” tool at www.crucial.com and it will tell you the type and max amount of RAM you can put in your PC. I’d also recommend you get the best graphic card you can too. Don’t forget the CPU can also be upgraded.

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]]> http://www.pcproblems.ie/ram-upgrade/feed/ 0 Windows Installation Hanging http://www.pcproblems.ie/windows-installation-hanging/ http://www.pcproblems.ie/windows-installation-hanging/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:24:44 +0000 PC Dude http://www.pcproblems.ie/?p=415 Varun can’t seem to install Windows XP.  I would say maybe the hard drive is faulty so see if you can install on another one. Could be a faulty hard drive IDE cable too. Also, if you have more than one partition , try merging and installing onto a single partition C: drive. If you are installing over an existing operating system or upgrading, your Anti Virus software might cause problems.

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]]> http://www.pcproblems.ie/windows-installation-hanging/feed/ 0 Monitor Flickering and Screen Split http://www.pcproblems.ie/monitor-flickering-and-screen-split/ http://www.pcproblems.ie/monitor-flickering-and-screen-split/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:13:59 +0000 PC Dude http://www.pcproblems.ie/?p=411 Sanjeet is seeing a 6 way screen split and flickering on his monitor (below). I’ve had this before with my own monitors and it turned out to be a faulty video/graphics card which I had to replace. You could try refitting the card or maybe updating the drivers.

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]]> http://www.pcproblems.ie/monitor-flickering-and-screen-split/feed/ 0 Keyboard Key Assignments http://www.pcproblems.ie/keyboard-key-assignments/ http://www.pcproblems.ie/keyboard-key-assignments/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:49:56 +0000 PC Dude http://www.pcproblems.ie/?p=409 Joshua presses SHIFT + 2 and gets an inverted comma. Presumably you want an @ symbol instead Joshua? Looks like it’s simply a keyboard or language setting and not a fault. If you go to Control Panel – Regional and Language options – Languages – Details and change your keyboard input language and region it should sort the problem.

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]]> http://www.pcproblems.ie/keyboard-key-assignments/feed/ 2 Windows 7 64 Bit and C Compiler http://www.pcproblems.ie/windows-7-64-bit-and-c-compiler/ http://www.pcproblems.ie/windows-7-64-bit-and-c-compiler/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:43:19 +0000 PC Dude http://www.pcproblems.ie/?p=407 Joshua wants to know if Windows 7 64 Bit supports any versions of C Compiler. Looks like it does!

http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en-GB&q=windows+7+64+bit+and+c+compiler&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGGL_enIE296IE297&ie=UTF-8

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]]> http://www.pcproblems.ie/windows-7-64-bit-and-c-compiler/feed/ 0 Defragmenting Problems http://www.pcproblems.ie/defragmenting-problems/ http://www.pcproblems.ie/defragmenting-problems/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:38:25 +0000 PC Dude http://www.pcproblems.ie/?p=405 Hugh’s PC with a 480GB hard drive was talking upwards of 36 hours to defragment. Defragmenting is never a quick process and I would normally leave it running overnight on my 500GB drive here and it would be done int he morning so I’d say there’s a problem there. You might just try to do some error checking on the drive before defragging again. Go to My Computer – C Drive (Right-click) – Properties – Tools – Check Now. Tick both boxes and Start. I’d say any partial defragmentation should be saved alright but it might help to get a proper dedicated software for this specific purpose. You should only need to defragment once or twice a year unless you are a heavy pc user.

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]]> http://www.pcproblems.ie/defragmenting-problems/feed/ 0 Windows Scrolling Automatically! http://www.pcproblems.ie/windows-scrolling-automatically/ http://www.pcproblems.ie/windows-scrolling-automatically/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:30:37 +0000 PC Dude http://www.pcproblems.ie/?p=403 Joshua’s documents and web pages are scrolling automatically when he views them! The quickest thing to try is have a look at your mouse and make sure it’s ok. Might have dirty balls or blocked laser. Also check the mouse settings and drivers. Trying a different mouse would also be a quick test. You might also have sticky keys on your keyboard so make sure they are all fully up and not depressed and try to test with another keyboard also. Apart from that I can’t think of anything else that would cause this but I suppose it’s possible some weird virus could be the reason so do a quick scan with decent, updated anti-virus software.

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]]> http://www.pcproblems.ie/windows-scrolling-automatically/feed/ 0 PC Won’t Start http://www.pcproblems.ie/pc-wont-start/ http://www.pcproblems.ie/pc-wont-start/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:10:13 +0000 PC Dude http://www.pcproblems.ie/?p=400 Aileen’s PC won’t startup anymore and lights flash when plugged in. Aileen keeps her pc in a dampish environment in her Garden Centre! I’m sure I don’t need to say that you can’t really keep a PC in a damp or cold environment and your problem probably stems from this. Try bring it somewhere dry for a while. Open it up if you’re brave enough and see is there any moisture or condensation on the inside, if so, not good! When you try to turn it on and there’s no noise from the fans or hard disks then you might have a serious problem, could be the motherboard, dead hard drives or maybe a dodgy power supply.

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]]> http://www.pcproblems.ie/pc-wont-start/feed/ 0 Monitor Display Delayed http://www.pcproblems.ie/monitor-display-delayed/ http://www.pcproblems.ie/monitor-display-delayed/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:04:59 +0000 PC Dude http://www.pcproblems.ie/?p=397 Manny,’s CRT monitor takes about 15 minutes to turn on after a PC startup. I’d say it’s possibly a dodgy or dying monitor. Which is older the computer or monitor? Ideally, you’d get a lend of another monitor to test or buy an inexpensive video card as these give better performance usually anyway.

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