VR4Rob
10-23-2006, 03:03 PM
My laptop is being very strange about when it wants to show video, as it is very inconsistent.
1. Video ALWAYS shows up on startup (i.e. boot screens, etc always show up)
2. The problem is when Windows XP boots up, there is no video displayed on the panel but everything else runs and starts normally.
3. I know that everything runs normally because I can either plug in my flat panel monitor to get video or run the S-Video out to my TV to see what's going on.
4. I can boot Windows in safe mode and I will ALWAYS get video on startup.
Background:
1. The computer has had this problem for a while, but usually I could just restart it a few times and video would come up.
2. Recently my laptop got the "Unmountable boot volume" error on startup. I ran the appropriate things to fix it.
3. After fixing this problem, everything seemed fine. Everytime XP booted the computer, video would be displayed.
4. Last night this problem came back after I closed the laptop and it went into "sleep" mode. After I tried to turn it back on, no video was displayed. I restarted ~20 times and still no dice.
Other info
1. Laptop is a Dell Inspiron 9100.
2. Video card is a 64mb ATI Mobility Radeon 9700
I'm a stumped. I am sure it's not a hardware issue as I've narrowed down the problem to being ONLY when XP boots up. Any suggestions??
1. Video ALWAYS shows up on startup (i.e. boot screens, etc always show up)
2. The problem is when Windows XP boots up, there is no video displayed on the panel but everything else runs and starts normally.
3. I know that everything runs normally because I can either plug in my flat panel monitor to get video or run the S-Video out to my TV to see what's going on.
4. I can boot Windows in safe mode and I will ALWAYS get video on startup.
Background:
1. The computer has had this problem for a while, but usually I could just restart it a few times and video would come up.
2. Recently my laptop got the "Unmountable boot volume" error on startup. I ran the appropriate things to fix it.
3. After fixing this problem, everything seemed fine. Everytime XP booted the computer, video would be displayed.
4. Last night this problem came back after I closed the laptop and it went into "sleep" mode. After I tried to turn it back on, no video was displayed. I restarted ~20 times and still no dice.
Other info
1. Laptop is a Dell Inspiron 9100.
2. Video card is a 64mb ATI Mobility Radeon 9700
I'm a stumped. I am sure it's not a hardware issue as I've narrowed down the problem to being ONLY when XP boots up. Any suggestions??