Re: computer will not shut down & monitor settings display won't go aw

The graphics card your uncle's computer could be bad. If it's an actual card
(and not an onboard graphics chip) then you can take it out of your uncle's
computer and put it in yours and see if you get the same results on your
computer as on your uncle's. If you do then you need to replace the graphics
card.

If it's an onboard graphics chip then this will be harder do diagnose. If
you have an older graphics card laying around you can put it in your uncle's
computer, plug in the monitor to it and see if the monitor works when you
boot it up. If it does then continue using the old graphics card. Or you
could buy a new one. Or you could buy a new motherboard that has an onboard
graphics chip on it.

FYI: when a monitor is powered up but doesn't have any input from the
computer it will display the monitor settings on the screen. When you shut a
computer down the monitor notices that there is no longer an input signal
and automatically goes into a low power state (usually observed by the
orange light on a monitor).

-Dan

"Healthwoman" <Healthwoman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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My uncle's computer will not shut down and it only displays the monitor
settings screen- which will not respond to any of the monitor buttons
being
pushed. I have the system here, well the monitor and computer at least. I
hooked the monitor up to my computer and it worked just fine so we can
rule
out the monitor being the problem. Before I even plugged my uncle's
computer
in to a power source, I hooked the monitor up to it and it showed the same
weird display. Well not weird- it's the display that you call up to adjust
the monitor settings- but it was still unresponsive. I Plugged the
computer
in and it started right up- I could hear the fan running anyway- but
that's
all. I can't use the key board or mouse- it just shows that settings
display
all the time. I can open the cd tray so I tried putting the system restore
cd
in, but it wouldn't load. Any ideas?



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