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Re: Blinking screen !

Subject: Re: Blinking screen !
From: Mark
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:43:00 -0700
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Hi all,
Thanks for your assisstance.  Vangard, The screen does not blink when in 
Safe mode or BIOS.  I have tried another monitor and it is doing the same 
thing. 
(How did unknown know I lived on a farm, that bod is awsome !!)
Cheers.

"VanguardLH" wrote:  

> "Mark" in <news:7AC90674-558C-4BAD-A6FA-0C1DCAA5EC17@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> > All of a sudden the screen on my monitor has started to blink, ie, the 
> > screen goes black for about 2 seconds every 6 seconds.  then the screen 
> > comes 
> > back to normal.  I can continue to work on the pc etc, but it is driving me 
> > mad.  I think it started when I was on the internet, and I thought that I 
> > might have got a virus or something nasty, but I have scaned with Norton 
> > and 
> > with a program from Microsoft, but they both said there was nothing nasty 
> > found.
> > Can anyone give me a clue as to why this is happening and even better how I 
> > might get rid of it please.    Thanks a lot.
> 
> Reboot but hit F8 before Windows load, or hit Del after the POST screen
> to go into BIOS.  Let the system sit.  When in the console mode for the
> F8 select screen or while sitting in the BIOS screen, does the monitor
> still flash?  If not, boot into Windows' Safe Mode.  Does the monitor
> blink then?
> 

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