Display problems at start up - Screen blank

When vista starts normaly my screen is totaly blank, yet I can hear the usual
start up sounds and the key board is responsive, so the pc has not crashed.
This problem first occured as I exited a game (Battlefeild 2142), I
disconected from the server and exited normally, at wich point the screen
whent blank and remained so ever since.

So far I have tryed:
Starting in safe mode - Sreen works normaly.

System restore to the night before - No change.

Antivirus run in safe mode - no threats detected.

Selective start up, not loading startup items - problem persists.

uninstalling recently added programs includin BF2142 - problem persists.

Updated graphics drivers - no change.

Windows update - discovered SP1 not installed (took me by surprise as I've
only had the comp for a week), installed SP1 but the problem still persists.

My PC: (System information does not appear to function in safe mode, so this
is from memory)
Mother board - ASUS P5N-E SLI
CPU - Intel Dual core 3Ghz
RAM - 3GB
Graphics- nVidia 8800GT

My monitor is an old one (I had to put this machine together on a tight
budjet), but as stated works fine in safe mode and never had any issues with
XP.

I've run out of ideas at this point, the last version of windows I really
understood was win98, any suggestions? Or will I have to re-install windows?

When you boot in safe mode try setting your display resolution to something
other than what it defaults to. Reboot

It could also be using a refresh rate your monitor doesn't support.
Make sure you have it set to 60hz

Good Luck


"Ramel" <> wrote in message
news:5006F54F-A7F7-4AFC-B3D0-...
> When vista starts normaly my screen is totaly blank, yet I can hear the
> usual
> start up sounds and the key board is responsive, so the pc has not
> crashed.
> This problem first occured as I exited a game (Battlefeild 2142), I
> disconected from the server and exited normally, at wich point the screen
> whent blank and remained so ever since.
>
> So far I have tryed:
> Starting in safe mode - Sreen works normaly.
>
> System restore to the night before - No change.
>
> Antivirus run in safe mode - no threats detected.
>
> Selective start up, not loading startup items - problem persists.
>
> uninstalling recently added programs includin BF2142 - problem persists.
>
> Updated graphics drivers - no change.
>
> Windows update - discovered SP1 not installed (took me by surprise as I've
> only had the comp for a week), installed SP1 but the problem still
> persists.
>
> My PC: (System information does not appear to function in safe mode, so
> this
> is from memory)
> Mother board - ASUS P5N-E SLI
> CPU - Intel Dual core 3Ghz
> RAM - 3GB
> Graphics- nVidia 8800GT
>
> My monitor is an old one (I had to put this machine together on a tight
> budjet), but as stated works fine in safe mode and never had any issues
> with
> XP.
>
> I've run out of ideas at this point, the last version of windows I really
> understood was win98, any suggestions? Or will I have to re-install
> windows?

Unless somebody else comes up with a better solution uninstall SP1 then do
an upgrade install of Vista.

Mark

"Ramel" <> wrote in message
news:5006F54F-A7F7-4AFC-B3D0-...
> When vista starts normaly my screen is totaly blank, yet I can hear the
> usual
> start up sounds and the key board is responsive, so the pc has not
> crashed.
> This problem first occured as I exited a game (Battlefeild 2142), I
> disconected from the server and exited normally, at wich point the screen
> whent blank and remained so ever since.
>
> So far I have tryed:
> Starting in safe mode - Sreen works normaly.
>
> System restore to the night before - No change.
>
> Antivirus run in safe mode - no threats detected.
>
> Selective start up, not loading startup items - problem persists.
>
> uninstalling recently added programs includin BF2142 - problem persists.
>
> Updated graphics drivers - no change.
>
> Windows update - discovered SP1 not installed (took me by surprise as I've
> only had the comp for a week), installed SP1 but the problem still
> persists.
>
> My PC: (System information does not appear to function in safe mode, so
> this
> is from memory)
> Mother board - ASUS P5N-E SLI
> CPU - Intel Dual core 3Ghz
> RAM - 3GB
> Graphics- nVidia 8800GT
>
> My monitor is an old one (I had to put this machine together on a tight
> budjet), but as stated works fine in safe mode and never had any issues
> with
> XP.
>
> I've run out of ideas at this point, the last version of windows I really
> understood was win98, any suggestions? Or will I have to re-install
> windows?

Starting safe mode reverts to 800 x 600 resolution automaticly. I have not
been able to find where to change the refresh rate.

"Robert Martin" wrote:

> When you boot in safe mode try setting your display resolution to something
> other than what it defaults to. Reboot
>
> It could also be using a refresh rate your monitor doesn't support.
> Make sure you have it set to 60hz
>
> Good Luck
>
>
> "Ramel" <> wrote in message
> news:5006F54F-A7F7-4AFC-B3D0-...
> > When vista starts normaly my screen is totaly blank, yet I can hear the
> > usual
> > start up sounds and the key board is responsive, so the pc has not
> > crashed.
> > This problem first occured as I exited a game (Battlefeild 2142), I
> > disconected from the server and exited normally, at wich point the screen
> > whent blank and remained so ever since.
> >
> > So far I have tryed:
> > Starting in safe mode - Sreen works normaly.
> >
> > System restore to the night before - No change.
> >
> > Antivirus run in safe mode - no threats detected.
> >
> > Selective start up, not loading startup items - problem persists.
> >
> > uninstalling recently added programs includin BF2142 - problem persists.
> >
> > Updated graphics drivers - no change.
> >
> > Windows update - discovered SP1 not installed (took me by surprise as I've
> > only had the comp for a week), installed SP1 but the problem still
> > persists.
> >
> > My PC: (System information does not appear to function in safe mode, so
> > this
> > is from memory)
> > Mother board - ASUS P5N-E SLI
> > CPU - Intel Dual core 3Ghz
> > RAM - 3GB
> > Graphics- nVidia 8800GT
> >
> > My monitor is an old one (I had to put this machine together on a tight
> > budjet), but as stated works fine in safe mode and never had any issues
> > with
> > XP.
> >
> > I've run out of ideas at this point, the last version of windows I really
> > understood was win98, any suggestions? Or will I have to re-install
> > windows?
>
>