thanks  for the suggestion.
i have since connected another monitor to the pc and it works, so it must be 
a problem with the monitor. i guess the only thing is to take it in for a 
check up.
i would, however, be interested to know how to start in safe mode not seeing 
anything on the screen... would i just start pushing F8 as soon as i hear 
the boot up noise starting?
thanks again,
laurence grignolo


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Mayer" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 6:52 AM
Subject: Re: monitor not working


> Try starting in Safe Mode. If that works, it is likely a video driver 
> problem. Uninstall and reinstall the video driver via the Device Manager.
>
> Tom Mayer
>
> laurence de richemont wrote:
>> i was away for a week and forgot to turn my pc off (pcv-rs602) and now, 
>> on
>> booting,  the monitor switches on and the vaio logo appears followed by 
>> the
>> windows logo, but then the screen goes blank - or perhaps a dark blue - 
>> and
>> i hear the sound of windows coming on as if the desktop were appearing, 
>> but
>> nothing shows on the screen.
>> any ideas as to what may be the problem and what i can do to solve it 
>> since
>> i can't see anything o n the screen?
>> thanks,
>> laurence grignolo
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