Monitor turns off during Windows XP Setup

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Chad

I've never seen anything like this before.

I installed a new HD, and instead of copying the files from my old HD over,
I decided to reinstall Windows on the new HD and go from there.

Everything proceeds fine (partitioning, formatting, copying files,
rebooting, etc) until after the first reboot, when it boots off the HD for
the first time and shows the Windows XP Logo screen. The logo screen stays
on for the requisite time (a number of seconds), but just as it changes to
the setup screen, my monitor suddenly goes into standby mode. And then
every few seconds or so it tries to "wake up", and does so, just long
enough to show me a flash of setup screen, before going into standby mode
again.

It's so frustrating! I'm removed all the power-draining hardware (PSU
issue?), replaced the old harddrive and boot from it (works fine), and
checked out a ton of options in the BIOS (nothing appears wrong). I can't
seem to stop it from going into standby mode! Once it does, I can hear the
CDROM copying files and setup continuing for a minute, so it seems like
it's continuing normally, but I can't see what it's doing...

I haven't tried another monitor becuase I don't have one. I have tried it
on two different video sources, though (onboard and AGP card). Same thing.

I have:
Dell 2000XP LCD
Shuttle SB51G (FB51) Mainboard (latest BIOS)
Pentium 2.4GHz HT (800MHz bus)
2x256MB RAM, Seagate HD, TDK CDRW, etc

Please, anybody have any ideas?

Thanks
Chad
 
have you tried pushing the "on/off" button twice on the monitor, to
see if that wakes it?
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Yes. It just keeps doing the same thing -- trying to wake up then going
back to sleep every few seconds.

I ended up borrowing a monitor to complete Windows Setup with. Once that
was over, I plugged my monitor back in. It was a workaround, anyway.

Regarding my Dell LCD, it's a new (Dell-refurbished) one, having just
replaced my old one that died due to a power surge. I know for a fact that
the old one didn't display this behavior. So, I have two questions (which
I realize will likely go unanswered):

1) What signal is the Setup program sending (or not sending) during the
setup routine?
2) Why is this specific monitor reacting like so?

Anyway, I got around it, but hopefully I won't ever have to reinstall
Windows for a while -- at least until I get a new setup.

Chad
 
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