Desmond - going by what you've said, I'd be suspecting the monitor lead or the video card.  If possible, try replacing these, one at a time and see if there's any improvement.  Any old video card will do, even a PCI.  

Note that you should get SOME picture on the monitor at startup, if only of the BIOS screen when you hit the Delete key.  

Try going in to the BIOS and leave up for a while to see if the picture fluctuates.  If it holds steady, and if you can get a black screen in DOS (ie, with text on screen, not just blank black) the problem more than likely involves the video card drivers.

Afterthought:  I assume you do have the correct BIOS for the board?  Is it the original or have you attempted to upgrade it?  This process is a little risky unless you know what you're doing.

Ian Porter
Computer Guys Inc.
Arrowtown
New Zealand
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: kwok-Wo Bong 
  To: [log in to unmask] 
  Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 4:14 AM
  Subject: [PCBUILD] Vidoe Cut Off


  I wonder can anyone suggest how to resolve my self build pc problem.
  I have brought the following parts from a internet company:
  1. MSI KT3-U-2 Std SoA Mobo
  2. 64Mb MSI GF4 MX460VTP VinTVo video card
  3. 1900 AMD XP CPU + HSF
  4. Scan 2010 Midi Case 350W PFC
  5. 40G IBM VC HDD 2M/7200/ATA10

  I put them together and it works for a while, no more then  three months. For no know reason, the monitor went black and can not see any thing at all.
  I have tried the following tests:
  1. Monitor
      The monitor is working fine when i connected to my old pc.
  2. I removed the video card and put it back and reboot the system. It workings for a while and same problem reoccurs.

  I have very little positive help from this internet company even thought all the parts are still under warranty

  I don't have any spare parts to swap over and determine the problem. So I wonder can anyone suggest  anyway/anyways to find out what is the actual problem?

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