Yet more GeForce FX 5200 problems

Argh. I can't get my Windows 2k server to boot right with this card.

Unless I boot into VGA safe mode, the boot-up sequence ends in a black
screen right before I'm supposed to get the login prompt. Everything
else looks normal during the re-boot, but then *blammo* the screen
goes black. The monitor still thinks its receiving a signal, but the
signal is just....nothing, black.

I'm using the PCI version of the PNY FX 5200. I've tried a bunch of
things already like:
* making sure to first uninstall the older Display adapter
* upgrading to the latest NVidia drivers (53.03)
* installing the latest OS patches for Win2k
* getting the latest BIOS version for this mobo

I'm running a Dell PowerEdge 1400 configured with:
* Intel 1Ghz Processor
* ~500 Meg of RAM
* Windows 2000 server with SP4

Has anyone else seen this kind of "black screen of death" with this
card?

Sheesh, if I'd have known it would be this much trouble....

PNY, are you listening?

"Kevin Rowney" wrote in message
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Argh. I can't get my Windows 2k server to boot right with this card.

Unless I boot into VGA safe mode, the boot-up sequence ends in a black
screen right before I'm supposed to get the login prompt. Everything
else looks normal during the re-boot, but then *blammo* the screen
goes black. The monitor still thinks its receiving a signal, but the
signal is just....nothing, black.

I'm using the PCI version of the PNY FX 5200. I've tried a bunch of
things already like:
* making sure to first uninstall the older Display adapter
* upgrading to the latest NVidia drivers (53.03)
* installing the latest OS patches for Win2k
* getting the latest BIOS version for this mobo

I'm running a Dell PowerEdge 1400 configured with:
* Intel 1Ghz Processor
* ~500 Meg of RAM
* Windows 2000 server with SP4

Has anyone else seen this kind of "black screen of death" with this
card?

Sheesh, if I'd have known it would be this much trouble....

PNY, are you listening?

Try hitting the power button on the monitor when it goes black. Recently
had an experience with the same thing on a friends machine and she has a
FX5600 XT. Not sure if the monitor is not correctly refreshing at that
point, but a quick power-off/on corrects it.