Solved my problem! Maybe yours too

that lead is nothing to do with the video card, it is for pentium 4
processors only, which require higher startup current which if they
don't get can fry the CPU/motherboard

Paul K wrote:
Hi, I don't know if this will help or not-- I had much
the same problem when installing a new video card. I even
went through the same driver problem. I contacted the
card manufacturer, but he couldn't help. However, he did
comment that 1)My LCD monitor couldn't handle the video
card frequency, but it didn't work when I tried it on my
CRT monitor either. or 2) I should check my power supply
wattage to make sure I had enough power getting to the new
power hungry video card. It seems that 350 watt power
supplies may only be supplying 180 watts under load! On my
way to replacing my power supply, I noticed a connector
that the computer maker never had connected to the Mother
board. Apparently the lower end video cards don't require
the extra current that the newer higher performing ones
do, so they didn't hook this one up! It looks like a
small cube and has four pins and connects to the "core
processor" connector on the mother board. It sure solved
my problem, the monitor goes to the Welcome screen now
instead of going black! - I hope it helps you out.


-----Original Message-----
Don't know what to do....

My computer will boot up, the monitor turns on and shows
some info about the NVideo card, then shows some info
about the hard drives, then goes to a Windows XP screen
with a set of green scrolling lights. After that,

instead

of the monitor showing my desktop, it goes into
its "energy saver" mode, as if it's not receiving a

signal
from the computer. However, there are some things I can

do even though the monitor is black that indicates to me
that the computer itself is still running:
1. I can still open the CD/DVD drive bay, and if I

insert

a CD, it begins spinning in the CD as though it's trying
to access information
2. If I push the power button on the front of the case,
the computer spins a little more, I hear the Windows

power

down music, and the computer shuts off.

I tried hooking the monitor back up to my old computer
(ACER, PII, 300 mhz) and it works fine.

I have also downloaded all the critical updates to

Windows

XP that Microsoft Windows Update has indicated are
available at this time. This was completed over a week
ago and the computer has operated with no problems since
then (until today).

I don't know what happened, but does anyone know what
solutions I should try?
.