Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Physfitfreak Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.bugs.misc Subject: Re: Flakey Video Output Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2023 23:29:51 -0500 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2023 04:29:51 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="828870"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.15.1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:Vaibfqbi8GCF0N1Nx0nm1orGsOI= X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-User-ID: eJwNyMkRBEEIA7CUFmiucMCU8w9hVk+5hQTyhcdzOtvsZk+NPJWzflubkqJcd53dyfQCuJj6txF9Uj9CtYkPaq8WTQ== In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 230929-4, 9/29/2023), Outbound message Content-Language: en-US Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:638050 comp.bugs.misc:28 On 9/29/2023 10:45 PM, Rockinghorse Winner wrote: > On 2023-09-29, Physfitfreak wrote: >> >> When I turn one of my computers on, the video output is sometimes not >> there, and sometimes is. Computer always boots up normally, making the >> introductory sound of windows coming up, etc. But it is exactly like >> there's no monitor attached. It's not the cable or monitor. That much >> I've tested. >> >> And on some other occasions the screen appears normally when I turn the >> computer on, and if I keep turning the computer off and then on screen >> always appears. On occasions that it won't come up, no matter how many >> times I turn the computer off and on, screen won't come up. >> >> What could it be? Bios? Graphics card? The round 3 volt button battery? >> The electronics on MB itself? Anything like that anybody here >> experienced? This is the first for me. It can't be virus cause that >> computer is hermetically isolated from internet. >> >> I tested the battery, it is still at least 3 volts. Should it be 5 volts? >> >> >> > > Def sounds hardware related. But maybe not. > Strange about it is that when it happens, farther turning it off and on does not work. I have to come to the computer next day, then it would sometime work no matter how many time I turn it off and on. A heating problem perhaps, requiring hours to cool? Or a charge accumulation somewhere requiring several hours to dissipate? I've never had this problem before. Two years back it once acted like this but just for one occasion. Then never happened till some 10 days back and this time it has kind of stayed like that.