I turned on my computer, but forgot the monitor cable was disconnected. So I connected it. Screen stayed blank (black) (so much for plug and play, darn).
I hit the keys that I thought would cause a Windows restart, but it didn't work. Hit ESC a few times, and then some more Alt+F4 and arrow keys and enter and so forth, but nothing worked. So I held the "On" switch pressed until the computer turned off.
Waited a minute, then turned puter back on. Got the blue "Windows wasn't shut down correctly so must check everything" screen, everything checked out ok, Windows started to load, I saw the mostly-black screen with the big Windows logo, but just before it would normally switch to the blue screen with the horizintal animation, my monitor announced it wasn't getting a signal and went blank. Turned computer off, turned it on again, got the exact same result. I can stop the boot up and open the BIOS setup, but I have no idea whether that is going to be of any use to me.
I've seen similar problems described, but one said "I fixed it somehow" and another mentioned installing drivers, which I don't know how to do (what drivers, where, and to where?) without Windows running. (Sorry I'm a little clueless.)
So far I have not opened the computer, and I have double (and triple) checked the cables that everything is connected.
Any ideas? I'm Desparate!!
Thanks,
Liz (newbie!)
I hit the keys that I thought would cause a Windows restart, but it didn't work. Hit ESC a few times, and then some more Alt+F4 and arrow keys and enter and so forth, but nothing worked. So I held the "On" switch pressed until the computer turned off.
Waited a minute, then turned puter back on. Got the blue "Windows wasn't shut down correctly so must check everything" screen, everything checked out ok, Windows started to load, I saw the mostly-black screen with the big Windows logo, but just before it would normally switch to the blue screen with the horizintal animation, my monitor announced it wasn't getting a signal and went blank. Turned computer off, turned it on again, got the exact same result. I can stop the boot up and open the BIOS setup, but I have no idea whether that is going to be of any use to me.
I've seen similar problems described, but one said "I fixed it somehow" and another mentioned installing drivers, which I don't know how to do (what drivers, where, and to where?) without Windows running. (Sorry I'm a little clueless.)
So far I have not opened the computer, and I have double (and triple) checked the cables that everything is connected.
Any ideas? I'm Desparate!!
Thanks,
Liz (newbie!)