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ChrisMorse
Hi,
I am running into a problem installing XP on a machine which has a 17
inch Samsung LCD monitor [connected with the regular/old-style vga
cable]. I am doing a FRESH install of XP Home w/ SP2, just purchased
today. I boot the computer off the CD-ROM and the blue Windows XP
setup screen comes up. I partitioned the HD to use NTFS, formatted,
and started installing. When it finished copying the files to the hard
drive, it said it would reboot in 10 seconds. I let it reboot. It
then displayed the initial "Windows XP" logo at startup, then goes to a
light-blue graphic screen for about a second -- then the problem: XP
apparently switches video modes, and the LCD monitor does not like it -
displaying a blank screen with a box saying 'Unsupported Video Mode'.
XP setup is running fine; I just can't see anything on the screen.
To test that it was XP "detecting the monitor", I shutdown the computer
and unplugged the monitor video cable. Then I rebooted the computer
and let it "do it's thing" for about 5 minutes (with the LCD monitor
disconnected completely]. Then I plugged the monitor cable into the
back of the machine and turned the LCD monitor on -- voila, I could see
the XP setup screen now. But if I shutdown and restart with the
monitor plugged in, XP will again detect it and set some strange video
mode.
I would have continued after doing that trick, but XP then complained
that there was a CRC error reading the CD-Rom.
Does anyone have a recommendation on what to do? Is there some sort of
"safe mode" I can start XP in, at least so it doesn't mess around with
the video so much? I thought you could press F8 during startup, but
that didn't do anything.
My only other option, I think, is to bring a regular glass/CRT monitor
over there and setup XP on that, then install the drivers/LCD monitor
afterwards.
I am running into a problem installing XP on a machine which has a 17
inch Samsung LCD monitor [connected with the regular/old-style vga
cable]. I am doing a FRESH install of XP Home w/ SP2, just purchased
today. I boot the computer off the CD-ROM and the blue Windows XP
setup screen comes up. I partitioned the HD to use NTFS, formatted,
and started installing. When it finished copying the files to the hard
drive, it said it would reboot in 10 seconds. I let it reboot. It
then displayed the initial "Windows XP" logo at startup, then goes to a
light-blue graphic screen for about a second -- then the problem: XP
apparently switches video modes, and the LCD monitor does not like it -
displaying a blank screen with a box saying 'Unsupported Video Mode'.
XP setup is running fine; I just can't see anything on the screen.
To test that it was XP "detecting the monitor", I shutdown the computer
and unplugged the monitor video cable. Then I rebooted the computer
and let it "do it's thing" for about 5 minutes (with the LCD monitor
disconnected completely]. Then I plugged the monitor cable into the
back of the machine and turned the LCD monitor on -- voila, I could see
the XP setup screen now. But if I shutdown and restart with the
monitor plugged in, XP will again detect it and set some strange video
mode.
I would have continued after doing that trick, but XP then complained
that there was a CRC error reading the CD-Rom.
Does anyone have a recommendation on what to do? Is there some sort of
"safe mode" I can start XP in, at least so it doesn't mess around with
the video so much? I thought you could press F8 during startup, but
that didn't do anything.
My only other option, I think, is to bring a regular glass/CRT monitor
over there and setup XP on that, then install the drivers/LCD monitor
afterwards.