Hello All

The entire town I live in had a power issue the other night where all
of my lights started dimming. It was making my computer do some funky
things so I just shut it down before everything went out.

NOW, after 30 minutes or so, my computer goes into what looks like
some kind of screensaver mode where it has full screen solid primary
colors every 5 seconds or so. I didn't set this up and I'm, once
again thanks to the wonderful world of VISTA, wondering why and where
this came from. I'm almost wondering if it isn't the monitor doing
this for some reason. Can a monitor kick into some kind of
screensaver?

Here are the specs....

General Features:
Microsoft Vista Home Premium pre-installed w/COA
Intel Viiv Technology with an Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6300
1.86 GHz CPU Speed
2 GB DDR2 RAM (4 GB maximum)
320 GB SATA hard drive
16x DVD±RW DL drive with LightScribe Technology
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
Realtek ALC 888 integrated 8-channel audio
56K data/fax PCI modem
Integrated 10/100Base-T networking interface
9-in-1 memory card reader

HP Pavilion f70 Monitor

Wanted better graphics so I upgraged to: NVIDIA GeForce 7300GT video
card.

Any thoughts would be great. Thanks in advance.

CB ~

Well my thought was correct. As my computer went into this color
dance, I unplugged it from the computer and it continued. It must be
something in the Menu somewhere. My search continues!! I would still
love some thoughts :-)

CB ~


On Sun, 04 May 2008 23:00:37 GMT, CB <your_wanted@hotmail.com> wrote:

On May 5, 4:20 am, CB <your_wan...@hotmail.com> wrote:
Did I read this correctly? You "unplugged" your monitor from your
computer & it still showed the psychedelic setup? You sure you didn't
mistake the TV for monitor or vice versa? <:-)>
I have just changed my motherboard & had a nVidia 7300GT which just
refused to run my couple of games so fell back to the older nVidia
6600 card.
Try Control panel>display>screensaver to alter/fix the "colour"
problem, CB
Good luck.

Yes, you read that correctly, I did unplugged it from the computer and
it STILL continued. It's obviously something in the monitor settings
but I'm not sure what it is. It's really more annoying rather than a
problem.

As far as Nvidia, I've read some crazy things about their cards and
Vista not playing nice together. Both companies are blaming each
other for not working properly. Time will tell whether or not they
find the "RIGHT" fix.

CB ~



On Mon, 5 May 2008 01:23:58 -0700 (PDT), sandy58
<aleckie60@googlemail.com> wrote:

CB wrote:

You might want to try your monitor on a different computer ! It could
be a setting in it, but I don't think that it should go into screen
save mode whilst there is a video signal applied. This suggests a
possible monitor fault.

For instance if I just pull the video lead with everything working
properly, my screen goes into a similar mode. Plug it back in and its
fine.

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Best Regards:
Baron.

CB wrote:
If the monitor is displaying solid colors, without a monitor cable
connected, that is internal self test. That mode would be used
at the factory, to check for stuck pixels, bad row and column drivers
and so on. You would hope that mode would not be accessible
while in the customer's hands. Like, I wouldn't expect to see
it in the OSD.

Paul

On Mon, 05 May 2008 15:42:41 -0400, Paul wrote:

It probably is the monitors internal self test. If the monitor is powered
on with no signal from the computer it might very well kick this in. I've
got two monitors that do something very similar. Sounds like either
Windows got hosed somehow or his graphics card is having fits. My first
thought would be to re-seat the graphics card. The OP's second post
suggests he unplugged his monitor from the computer while it was running.
I sure hope that was a misprint.
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