[Linux] no video bios message before POST

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:34:33 -0600

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Check out the physical connections to the monitor. I had the same thing
happen when the VGA pin was not inserted all the way, but the effect
disappeared once I plugged it in firmly.

It may be that the dongle (or whatever the piece that accepts the VGA
connector is called) is a bit twisted and you are not getting a good enough
contact.

Then again, it may be something completely different...

Z.

On Feb 15, 2008 4:20 PM, bob daggit <daggit_2@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> last week my computer was bumped and the video card and its connection to
> the monitor were partly unseated. when i turned it on, the screen was
> pinkish. after many permutations of swapping in and out cards and searching
> and bios settings and so on, i finally found out that the monitor was hurt.
> i would have figured this out earlier, but my back was sore and i did not
> dare to lift and swap monitors. later a friend helped me and we saw right
> away that the pinkish problem was only with one monitor. however, now i do
> not see the momentary video bios splash message before the normal
> POST/splash of the motherboard's bios. this change occurred during this
> latest struggle.
> searching the web for a reason for this, and whether this is related to my
> video card not doing the 3d driver install anymore, i have stumbled into
> quite a confusing time. perhaps someone here has fixed that before and can
> suggest where to find the right online resources. sometimes all you need is
> the correct technical term.
>
> on another note, recordmydesktop works very good for screencasting. the
> output is better than other screencasting software i tried. in fact, the
> output ogg theora could have the slogan, 'is it live or is it ogg?' and it
> is fast too.
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Check out the physical connections to the monitor. I had the same thing happen when the VGA pin was not inserted all the way, but the effect disappeared once I plugged it in firmly. It may be that the dongle (or whatever the piece that accepts the VGA connector is called) is a bit twisted and you are not getting a good enough contact. 
 Then again, it may be something completely different... Z. <div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 15, 2008 4:20 PM, bob daggit &lt;<a href="mailto:daggit_2@hotmail.com">daggit_2@hotmail.com</a>&gt; wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
 last week my computer was bumped and the video card and its connection to the monitor were partly unseated. when i turned it on, the screen was pinkish. after many permutations of swapping in and out cards and searching and bios settings and so on, i finally found out that the monitor was hurt. i would have figured this out earlier, but my back was sore and i did not dare to lift and swap monitors. later a friend helped me and we saw right away that the pinkish problem was only with one monitor. however, now i do not see the momentary video bios splash message before the normal POST/splash of the motherboard&#39;s bios. this change occurred during this latest struggle. 
searching the web for a reason for this, and whether this is related to my video card not doing the 3d driver install anymore, i have stumbled into quite a confusing time. perhaps someone here has fixed that before and can suggest where to find the right online resources. sometimes all you need is the correct technical term. 
 on another note, recordmydesktop works very good for screencasting. the output is better than other screencasting software i tried. in fact, the output ogg theora could have the slogan, &#39;is it live or is it ogg?&#39; and it is fast too. 
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