Compaq 6000 Maintenance & Service Guide: HP Compaq 6000 Pro Microtower Bus - Page 220
Solving Display Problems
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Table D-4 Solving Media Card Reader Problems (continued) After installing the media card reader and booting to Windows, the reader and the inserted cards are not recognized by the computer. Cause Solution The operating system needs time to recognize the device if the Wait a few seconds so that the operating system can recognize reader was just installed into the computer and you are turning the reader and the available ports, and then recognize the PC on for the first time. whatever media is inserted in the reader. After inserting a media card in the reader, the computer attempts to boot from the media card. Cause Solution The inserted media card has boot capability. If you do not want to boot from the media card, remove it during boot or do not select the option to boot from the inserted media card during the boot process. Solving Display Problems If you encounter display problems, see the documentation that came with the monitor and to the common causes and solutions listed in the following table. Table D-5 Solving Display Problems Blank screen (no video). Cause Solution Monitor is not turned on and the monitor light is not on. Turn on the monitor and check that the monitor light is on. Bad monitor. Try a different monitor. The cable connections are not correct. Check the cable connection from the monitor to the computer and to the electrical outlet. You may have a screen blanking utility installed or energy saver features are enabled. Press any key or click the mouse button and, if set, type your password. System ROM is corrupted; system is running in Boot Block Emergency Recovery Mode (indicated by eight beeps). Reflash the system ROM with the latest BIOS image. See the "Boot Block Emergency Recovery Mode" section of the Desktop Management Guide for more information You are using a fixed-sync monitor and it will not sync at the Be sure that the monitor can accept the same horizontal scan resolution chosen. rate as the resolution chosen. Computer is in standby mode. Press the power button to resume from standby mode. Monitor cable is plugged into the wrong connector. CAUTION: When attempting to resume from standby mode, do not hold down the power button for more than four seconds. Otherwise, the computer will shut down and you will lose any unsaved data. If the computer system has both an integrated graphics connector and an add-in graphics card connector, plug the monitor cable into the graphics card connector on the back of the computer. 208 Appendix D Troubleshooting Without Diagnostics