Solving Display Problems - HP Compaq 6000 Pro MT Maintenance And Service Manual

Table D-4 Solving Media Card Reader Problems (continued)
After installing the media card reader and booting to Windows, the reader and the inserted cards are not recognized
by the computer.
Cause
The operating system needs time to recognize the device if the
reader was just installed into the computer and you are turning
the PC on for the first time.
After inserting a media card in the reader, the computer attempts to boot from the media card.
Cause
The inserted media card has boot capability.

Solving Display Problems

If you encounter display problems, see the documentation that came with the monitor and to the common
causes and solutions listed in the following table.
Table D-5
Blank screen (no video).
Cause
Monitor is not turned on and the monitor light is not on.
Bad monitor.
The cable connections are not correct.
You may have a screen blanking utility installed or energy
saver features are enabled.
System ROM is corrupted; system is running in Boot Block
Emergency Recovery Mode (indicated by eight beeps).
You are using a fixed-sync monitor and it will not sync at the
resolution chosen.
Computer is in standby mode.
Monitor cable is plugged into the wrong connector.
208 Appendix D Troubleshooting Without Diagnostics
Solving Display Problems
Solution
Wait a few seconds so that the operating system can recognize
the reader and the available ports, and then recognize
whatever media is inserted in the reader.
Solution
If you do not want to boot from the media card, remove it during
boot or do not select the option to boot from the inserted media
card during the boot process.
Solution
Turn on the monitor and check that the monitor light is on.
Try a different monitor.
Check the cable connection from the monitor to the computer
and to the electrical outlet.
Press any key or click the mouse button and, if set, type your
password.
Reflash the system ROM with the latest BIOS image. See the
"Boot Block Emergency Recovery Mode" section of the
Desktop Management Guide for more information
Be sure that the monitor can accept the same horizontal scan
rate as the resolution chosen.
Press the power button to resume from standby mode.
CAUTION: When attempting to resume from standby mode,
do not hold down the power button for more than four seconds.
Otherwise, the computer will shut down and you will lose any
unsaved data.
If the computer system has both an integrated graphics
connector and an add-in graphics card connector, plug the
monitor cable into the graphics card connector on the back of
the computer.