LCD Monitor Says No Signal Until Windows Starts

[pmheideman]

Topic seems self-explanatory.  The monitor works fine once Windows is up and running, but obviously this prevents me from doing some things before then.  It's also just disconcerting.

I'm running a Dell DM051with an ATI Radeon x300/x500/x1050 video card.  My monitor is a Gateway HD2200.  Any help is much appreciated.

[patio]

Have you tried hitting Escape, Delete or F10 at startup to initiate the VGA driver ? ?
How new is this machine ?
It could also be a power saving scheme...check both in Power Management inside Control panel and also in your MBoard documentation...

[pmheideman]

Haven't tried hitting buttons, will give it a go.  The computer is about two years old.  I can't see anything under power options that would be a cause of this.  Where do I find documentation on the motherboard?

[patio]

Check the MBoard manuf. website...they usually offer the Manual as a free DLoad.

[pura9910]

Try Running Services.msc. then locate your display driver service and open its properties, then set it to start up automatically. then restart your computer and see if that works.