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Name: Nick Mik
Date: November 25, 2004 at 13:55:22 Pacific
Subject: display adapter
OS: Windows 98
CPU/Ram: AMD 500/ALI
Comment:

The other day I went into the BIOS setup and changed the option "auto config with optimal settings" and changed the settings from N to Y thinking it would do something else but since then my display adapter has changed somehow and now I can't see anything whatsoever. I've changed it back to its original settings (with great difficulty) but it hasnt solved the problem. Can someone please help?

The other day I went into the BIOS setup and changed the option "auto config with optimal settings" and changed the settings from N to Y and since then my display adapter has changed and now I can't s


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Response Number 1
Name: Derek
Date: November 25, 2004 at 14:30:40 Pacific
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I'm wondering if you have on-board video and an add-on video card. If you were using the latter and your BIOS switched back to on-board this could cause the problem.

Have you by any chance got two sockets which take the monitor plug (on-board & add-on)?

Derek.W


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Response Number 2
Name: DAVEINCAPS
Date: November 25, 2004 at 18:22:01 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

Yeah, in that case you'd need to connect to your on-board video port until you can properly reconfigure the add-on card.

When you say you can't see anything on the screen, does that include the posting screen when you first turn on the computer?


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