White screen on boot

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Dave

A minor point I have to admit -

When I boot up, I get a brief all white screen before things continue on to
a completely satisfactory boot, including my usual desktop photo. Any way
to replace this heart stopping white out on the boot-up???

Dave
 
Dave wrote:
> A minor point I have to admit -
>
> When I boot up, I get a brief all white screen before things
> continue on to a completely satisfactory boot, including my usual
> desktop photo. Any way to replace this heart stopping white out on
> the boot-up???

On any monitor you connect?

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Well, I guess the answer is yes - I only have one monitor.

Dave

"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Dave wrote:
>> A minor point I have to admit -
>>
>> When I boot up, I get a brief all white screen before things
>> continue on to a completely satisfactory boot, including my usual
>> desktop photo. Any way to replace this heart stopping white out on
>> the boot-up???
>
> On any monitor you connect?
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
 
Dave wrote:
> Well, I guess the answer is yes - I only have one monitor.
>
> Dave
>
> "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OujQNevwHHA.3560@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Dave wrote:
>>> A minor point I have to admit -
>>>
>>> When I boot up, I get a brief all white screen before things
>>> continue on to a completely satisfactory boot, including my usual
>>> desktop photo. Any way to replace this heart stopping white out on
>>> the boot-up???
>> On any monitor you connect?

Actually, the answer is "I don't know" because you only have one
monitor. Take the machine over to a friend's house and connect it to
his/her monitor. If the white screen appears on their monitor, you know
it is being caused by your graphics card. If the white screen doesn't
appear, then you know it is caused by your monitor.

If you need more help, post back with the make/model of your computer,
your monitor, and what graphics card you have. To tell what graphics
card you have, go to the Display applet in Control Panel. Click on the
Settings tab and then on the Advanced button. Then look on the adapter
tab for the name of your graphics card.


Malke
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I believe there was an option on something like this in WIN 98 - just hoping
for something simple - I'll try swapping monitors and see what happens
In the mean time - FWIW

This comp is a Dell 3000
Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller [Display adapter]
DELL E773c [Monitor] (15.7"vis, s/n 641804BS00EU, December 2004)

They all say "This device is working properly"- but then they always do.

Thanks for the suggestions - they are appreciated

Dave


"Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> Dave wrote:
>> Well, I guess the answer is yes - I only have one monitor.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:OujQNevwHHA.3560@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Dave wrote:
>>>> A minor point I have to admit -
>>>>
>>>> When I boot up, I get a brief all white screen before things
>>>> continue on to a completely satisfactory boot, including my usual
>>>> desktop photo. Any way to replace this heart stopping white out on
>>>> the boot-up???
>>> On any monitor you connect?
>
> Actually, the answer is "I don't know" because you only have one monitor.
> Take the machine over to a friend's house and connect it to his/her
> monitor. If the white screen appears on their monitor, you know it is
> being caused by your graphics card. If the white screen doesn't appear,
> then you know it is caused by your monitor.
>
> If you need more help, post back with the make/model of your computer,
> your monitor, and what graphics card you have. To tell what graphics card
> you have, go to the Display applet in Control Panel. Click on the Settings
> tab and then on the Advanced button. Then look on the adapter tab for the
> name of your graphics card.
>
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
 
OK, I have made arrangements to connect to another monitor. It's going to
be a couple of weeks, tho. In the meantime, can I ask what specifically I'm
looking fir, and what would be the logical reason for each.

I assume one (hopefully) of two things will happen - either the problem does
not occur on the test monitor, which suggests it's my monitor, or if it does
occur, it's my graphics card. Am I close?

Dave


"Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> Dave wrote:
>> Well, I guess the answer is yes - I only have one monitor.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:OujQNevwHHA.3560@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Dave wrote:
>>>> A minor point I have to admit -
>>>>
>>>> When I boot up, I get a brief all white screen before things
>>>> continue on to a completely satisfactory boot, including my usual
>>>> desktop photo. Any way to replace this heart stopping white out on
>>>> the boot-up???
>>> On any monitor you connect?
>
> Actually, the answer is "I don't know" because you only have one monitor.
> Take the machine over to a friend's house and connect it to his/her
> monitor. If the white screen appears on their monitor, you know it is
> being caused by your graphics card. If the white screen doesn't appear,
> then you know it is caused by your monitor.
>
> If you need more help, post back with the make/model of your computer,
> your monitor, and what graphics card you have. To tell what graphics card
> you have, go to the Display applet in Control Panel. Click on the Settings
> tab and then on the Advanced button. Then look on the adapter tab for the
> name of your graphics card.
>
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
 
Dave wrote:
> OK, I have made arrangements to connect to another monitor. It's going to
> be a couple of weeks, tho. In the meantime, can I ask what specifically I'm
> looking fir, and what would be the logical reason for each.
>
> I assume one (hopefully) of two things will happen - either the problem does
> not occur on the test monitor, which suggests it's my monitor, or if it does
> occur, it's my graphics card. Am I close?

Yes, I already told you that. A quick alternative test would be to put
in a test video card and see if that makes a difference. Most end users
don't have spare video cards lying around though. Your video is on the
motherboard so you will need to open up your computer and see if it has
an AGP or PCI-e slot and use the appropriate test card.

Dell also has diagnostics, usually on a special partition on the hard
drive and on the Resouce CD, but I haven't found the video tests to be
very useful.


Malke
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Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
 
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