Hi all,
My computer has been exhibiting some odd behavior of late. Programs will occasionally crash (Firefox, Thunderbird, IE, Viruscan etc.). For a while, there, I was getting the blue screen of death although that seems to have subsided.
Most unusual is that when I start up, after the black windows screen appears, my monitor will go into standby mode before I reach the welcome screen. I can hear the windows theme through my speakers, but my monitor remains black. I usually have to repeat the startup process about 5 times or so before the monitor engages.
Another curiosity: When I am finally up and running, I'll usually get a bubble prompt stating that either my screen resolution is too low (it isn't) or that my virus scan is disabled.
Is this a simple question of needing more RAM. I only have 256, but I'm not running any high powered programs. I ran a mem. test and it checked out fine. Besides, I don't think that memory has anything to do with the monitor problem.
My system's a few years old now, so perhaps my mobo is crapping out.
Here's my basic specs:
AMD Athlon XP1800
Epox 8KHA+ mobo
Maxtor 40 gig HD
2 sticks 128mb ram
GeForce MX-460
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
John
My computer has been exhibiting some odd behavior of late. Programs will occasionally crash (Firefox, Thunderbird, IE, Viruscan etc.). For a while, there, I was getting the blue screen of death although that seems to have subsided.
Most unusual is that when I start up, after the black windows screen appears, my monitor will go into standby mode before I reach the welcome screen. I can hear the windows theme through my speakers, but my monitor remains black. I usually have to repeat the startup process about 5 times or so before the monitor engages.
Another curiosity: When I am finally up and running, I'll usually get a bubble prompt stating that either my screen resolution is too low (it isn't) or that my virus scan is disabled.
Is this a simple question of needing more RAM. I only have 256, but I'm not running any high powered programs. I ran a mem. test and it checked out fine. Besides, I don't think that memory has anything to do with the monitor problem.
My system's a few years old now, so perhaps my mobo is crapping out.
Here's my basic specs:
AMD Athlon XP1800
Epox 8KHA+ mobo
Maxtor 40 gig HD
2 sticks 128mb ram
GeForce MX-460
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
John