Monitor switches off

"Will" <will.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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 > Hi,
 >
 > A PC I have been given has a annoying habit of turning off the monitor
 > after
 > being switched on after a few seconds.
 > The longest it's been running is the Win98se splash screen is shown!
 > The CD draws also stops working, but both fans remain on, there is no disk
 > activity after the monitor turns off.
 > I can't press F8 or enter BIOS with no monitor, or can I.
 >
 > Will.
 >
 > [Also posted in alt.windows98]
 >
 >

I haven't seen that particular symptom, but I suspect it is a bad power
supply. It almost always is. -Dave<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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It won't boot from a floppy. Not on long enough to overheat (a matter of
seconds).

Will.

"Michael Cecil" <macecil.DeleteThis@comcast.net> wrote in message
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 > On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 21:42:15 +0000 (UTC), "Will" <will.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote:
 >
  > >Hi,
  > >
  > >A PC I have been given has a annoying habit of turning off the monitor
after
  > >being switched on after a few seconds.
  > >The longest it's been running is the Win98se splash screen is shown!
  > >The CD draws also stops working, but both fans remain on, there is no
disk
  > >activity after the monitor turns off.
  > >I can't press F8 or enter BIOS with no monitor, or can I.
  > >
  > >Will.
 >
 > If you boot from a floppy disk it does the same thing?
 > Bad powersupply or CPU overheating? I'd check out those.
 >
 > --
 > Michael Cecil
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