The suggestion to test this monitor on a know good PC is definitely the
first step in diagnosing this problem. I hope this works. Having built
several machines, I have never experienced this problem ( Good at first, bad
on reboot) due to drivers. I'm not saying it can't happen, but if the
monitor works okay on a good PC, I'd be inclined to replace the video board.
I experienced a similar but not identical problem with an ATI Rage board
this would totally lose video on reboot and not come back up until sitting
of for periods of half an hour. Good luck.

James A. Taylor



>From: Mike Whalen <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Monitor losing top and bottom of image
>Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 22:03:36 -0400
>
>Hello Gary,
>
>Thursday, September 27, 2001, 9:15:41 PM, you wrote:
>
>GWS> I have a friend who has a Compaq that is only 3 months old. After
>GWS> the monitor is off for awhile, when it is turned back on her
>GWS> screen is shrunk.
>
>[snip]
>
>GWS> Would this most likely be a bad
>GWS> monitor or possibly a bad video driver? Any suggestions would be
>GWS> appreciated.
>
>Oh, I think it most likely a bad monitor.
>
>It's certainly easy enough to test this. Take the monitor to another
>PC, hook it up, play around with it, and see if it occurs.
>
>Also, you could boot up in Safe Mode, which uses the software VGA
>drivers.
>
>I also think you should post this message to the usenet group
>sci.electronics.repair. You see messages like yours there all the time
>and the folks there can give you _very_ specific advice.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Mike Whalen
>
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