Dead onboard graphics on my shuttle – advice please

[Jimmy Little]

Hi Guys!

I have been using the onboard graphics on my SN41G2 shuttle since I had to RMA my geforce card a month ago, on Saturday I was playing around with a few of my pc’s and swapping my TFT around by this I mean plugging into one and then yanking it out and sticking it into another pc, I guess I must has borked something as my shuttle would post then start to boot with the windows logo, then the monitor would go to sleep, I would hear windows finish loading with the music so defiantly a signal problem. I rebooted a few times and then forced a VGA mode, using F5 or F8, windows booted with the default resolution in 640 x ??? if you change it to 1024 x 800? ? the signal would drop again.

I cleared the cossy and reset the defaults, but no joy, I then inserted an old Rad9200 and it works fine,

So does anyone have any ideas?

[menthel]

Sounds like you broke it! Did you yank too hard? If its not too old RMA it!

[Jimmy Little]

well yeah... i guess it was my fault, strange how everything else works though? it's not worth RMA'ing as i only use the onboard while i wait for my gcard to be sent back to me... how do i disbale the onboard? is that in the bios?

[menthel]

Should be, however I have a 45g, so don't hole me to that.

[Jimmy Little]

do you reckon it is blown or something else? as it will display in 640x

strange!

[Flash]

F8 as if going into safe mode then select VGA mode from the list

it looks like your monitor cant handle the pre detemined res

[Jimmy Little]

F8 as if going into safe mode then select VGA mode from the list

it looks like your monitor cant handle the pre detemined res

yeah that's what i was doing to get a signal, if i did not press F8 then windows would boot up with the monitor turned off.

very strange!

[walibe]

Its not hardware - your hardware is fine. Its software. Common things to check, is your Shuttle trying to use the TV display as the primary display as exactly this would happen. Alternatively you could well be in a res your monitor won't handle. Remove your VGA drivers when in safe mode if in any doubt and re install. Leave any TV out connections unconnected when installing the drivers as they have a habbit of picking up the TV as the primary screen.

PeeJ

[Jimmy Little]

ok cheers mate i will try! i did not change anything prior to this and my default res is 1024 on my 15" TFT.

i will have a go at this cheers mate!

[Jimmy Little]

Its not hardware - your hardware is fine. Its software. Common things to check, is your Shuttle trying to use the TV display as the primary display as exactly this would happen. Alternatively you could well be in a res your monitor won't handle. Remove your VGA drivers when in safe mode if in any doubt and re install. Leave any TV out connections unconnected when installing the drivers as they have a habbit of picking up the TV as the primary screen.

PeeJ

hey mate you were bang on!! it was software, but how!!! that's what gets me, all sorted now, not that i use the onbaord now but it still bugged me!

cheers bud