samona Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Hi, In order for my monitor to work at boot time, I have to unplug it and then replug it. Anyone have any ideas why this would happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackpf Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 ...it's broken? Lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zane Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Have you tried using another monitor? If another monitor works fine then it is your monitor that is "broken" If another monitor works the same way then it is your video card. At what point do you have to plug the monitor back in? At Windows boot? At POST? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Do you have multiple video cards (onboard + card) ? . If you do you probably have to disable the onboard video in the Bios. Just a thought because I've seen a similar problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samona Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 I do have two video cards on the computer. This happens when the desktop starts to load up. The other monitors load but this one monitor has to be unpluged and plugged back in for it to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 What OS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revraz Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 I would wager this is a monitor issue. My Gateway does this once in awhile as well, no matter what PC it's hooked up to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zane Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 i bet you it is a software issue. try uninstalling your nvidia or ATI softwre (whatever it may be) and then reinstall it. better yet.....go get the latest update of the software from the vendor's website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samona Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 Problem solved: Reinstalled drivers, and then went to the website to update them. Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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