Computer Hope
Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: roccenstein on June 01, 2012, 12:31:52 AM
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So just recently my PC has started acting up in that when I turn it on, the screen is white. If I press the reset button, it restarts again with the white screen. Weird thing is if I let it sit for a while (15-20) minutes and hit the reset button again, it boots up fine. My first guess was that it was the videocard, so I switched that out but am still having the same issue. I'm pretty sure it's not the monitor, because during that initial start-up time if I press the power button it immediately shuts off with no delay as though it's not booted up. What else could be causing this issue? My PC is about 5 years old and I haven't had to change any of the major components.
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Anyone...?
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Bumping is bad. Don't do it. It could still be the monitor. Another cause of white screens can be the power supply, and the story you tell of a proper reboot after a delay suggests this. So check by substitution at least these things: video cable, monitor, power supply. if all these check out, consider a more general hardware failure e.g. motherboard or RAM.
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It turned out to be the monitor after all. After replacing the video card, and switching out the HD from another computer I finally got around to checking another monitor (I put it off because my spare monitor was buried in a crate in the garage, argh...). Anyway, problem solved!