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cheesemoney · 02-23-2004, 11:33 PM

Hey guys--I've never really tried this before, but I'm trying to run this new setup (barton xp mobile 2400+) running at 2.5ghz on my compaq monitor (mv740). Its an old 17" monitor that came with an athlon tbird 900. I can get my new computer to work fine w/ old crappy optiquest, but compaq won't work at all. All I see is a blue screen as windows is trying to boot and then it reboots before I can even read it.
Please note, it does this at any speed, even default (which with a mobile xp is something like 600 mhz).

Any help would be appreciated. This system is for my bro, who just so happens to also have a crappy 17" compaq monitor that he wants to use w/ his new beast of a computer.

Right now, it just reboots, says windows didn't start up properly and asks me to choose a mode (yet it won't let me input from keyboard at this stage--only in bios or when windows starts, which it won't, w/ this monitor).

In essence I'm stuck in an endless reboot cycle until I pop in the optiquest 15" display that I use as a backup for when laptop screens go bad.

Please tell me that monitors aren't proprietary!

02-23-2004, 11:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
cheesemoney Loser Location: Paradise	New computer--old compaq monitor won't display but old optiquest will Hey guys--I've never really tried this before, but I'm trying to run this new setup (barton xp mobile 2400+) running at 2.5ghz on my compaq monitor (mv740). Its an old 17" monitor that came with an athlon tbird 900. I can get my new computer to work fine w/ old crappy optiquest, but compaq won't work at all. All I see is a blue screen as windows is trying to boot and then it reboots before I can even read it. Please note, it does this at any speed, even default (which with a mobile xp is something like 600 mhz). Any help would be appreciated. This system is for my bro, who just so happens to also have a crappy 17" compaq monitor that he wants to use w/ his new beast of a computer. Right now, it just reboots, says windows didn't start up properly and asks me to choose a mode (yet it won't let me input from keyboard at this stage--only in bios or when windows starts, which it won't, w/ this monitor). In essence I'm stuck in an endless reboot cycle until I pop in the optiquest 15" display that I use as a backup for when laptop screens go bad. Please tell me that monitors aren't proprietary! Last edited by cheesemoney; 02-23-2004 at 11:36 PM..