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Re: HP W2408 Monitor goes to sleep as computer begins booting up

 
 
Meat Plow
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      08-26-2010
On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:23:51 -0500, Billy Bob Browning wrote:

> This started this week. When I attempt to boot up in Vista Ultimate x32
> the screen lights up fine until after I tell it which operating system
> to load. When I put the line over Vista and press enter a message comes
> on the screen saying the "monitor is going to sleep"
>
> Nothing I do brings it back. I can boot into safe mode and work there
> with no problems.
>
> I can boot into Windows 7 and the monitor works fine.
>
> This is annoying as hell! I have a lot of financial stuff Ineed to do on
> Vista and I cant get to it.
>
> I tried a system restore and it seemed to work, but when the system
> rebooted, the screen when dark again. I'm using a GT 240 Geoforce made
> by Nvidia.
>
> My computer is an HP media center PC with 2.4ghz and dual quad cores.
>
> What gives with this?


Highlight Vista, press F8 scroll down and see if it will boot into the
low-resolution mode. If so and it's not actually running in Safe Mode you
can visit NVIDA and download then install the latest graphics driver.
That 'should' solve the problem.



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