Recent content by ekaiser1901

Hi Jessica, Turns out all the hardware was all working fine... The system was getting stuck in hibernation mode. I ended up taking to a near by computer repair place where everything was resolved within the hour. They apparently knew a way to get into the BIOS and once there everything worked...

I found another graphics card nvidia gtx 280 and installed where the gtx 285 used to be... same result. I suspect that if i install the GTX 285 in another PC it will work just fine. what else could be wrong here?

no. but i guess i'll need to go get one. Any suggestions on which one to get?

No Change after following the steps you described :( for the laptop i needed to us a dvi to vga adapter.

it is a DVI connection. no there there is no option to select which input to run from... or if there is i don't know where to find it.

Nothing comes up at all. No boot up screen... no option to get to the BIOS. It seems like the computer is not even calling to the monitor at all.. it is just a black screen. no installs or applications before this issue presented itself. This is why i am so confused. when i power down just...

Yes I plugged the monitor into my Laptop which is running XP and the monitor started up right away. On the PC running Windows 7 i am running an Nvidia GTX 285 with the latest drivers installed. The computer was running fine for a few days until today when this reboot, and now nothing.

I upgraded to Windows 7 a few days ago and everything seemed to be fine. Earlier today i left my PC on and when i came back an hour later the computer i accessed the computer, the monitor came on fine, but all my icons were missing. i tried to reboot and from that point on the computer appears...