On 10 Oct 2005 at 13:44, Amy Ledford wrote:

> Just before the icons load on the screen, the monitor goes out, the
> power indicator shows it to be in standby mode, that is, the light is
> yellow instead of green. At the very same time, the ethernet light also
> goes out. I think that you are probably right about the ethernet issue
> being a symptom. Even after the monitor is "out" the power light on the
> PC is still on, the fans are still spinning. I can hear and see them
> spinning. Do you still think that the power supply is the culprit?

  My first thought when I read this was that the problem was occurring at
about the  point where the OS loads the video driver.  It's barely possible
that an incorrect or corrupt driver could both blank the screen and
disconnect the Ethernet, although that's a bit of a long shot.

  To test this theory, please try booting into Safe Mode, which will use the
default VGA-only driver.  If that works, you need to download and re-install
the video driver.
  If that fails at the same point, then I agree that it's probably the power
supply, since that's also about a point where additional electrical load may
be applied.

David Gillett

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