Screen flickers n goes black.....?
605931
could be the graphics card, try a different driver, also try a different power cable for the monitor, very unlikely it is the cable but worth a try. If you have a nother graphics card you could try then try that, if problem still persists then it is your monitor, may still be under warranty, you may want to check that.
845940
Swap monitors. If he gets color back, then you've identified the issue. If not, it's probably the video card. Identify the card through windows device manager and update the current driver.\n\nMight not be a bad idea to run a virus scan, either.
35289
check your windows display drivers and try reinstalling them\nand check again.
1136875
This happens when you use a smaller resolution than the native one. Try setting your screen to a larger resolution to see if it helps. You can also check your bios settings to see if you can emulate a large screen all the time(my laptop calls it "expand screen")
971895
Sounds as if your video card has no output.  Check to make sure your monitor cable is not loose.  If it isn't, your video card could have died.
536560
I'm not saying your problem is what mine was, but last Friday my Dell laptop started doing the same thing.  It would go to the black Windows XP screen and then it would just go black.  And stay black.  I found out the next day, after having the Geek Squad people at Best Buy look at it that it was my motherboard.  I had let the battery die and when I plugged it in, sparks flew up from the surge protector and they said that's probably what did it.  Had to buy a new computer.\n\nIf you have any friends who are good with computers, ask them.  \n\nBut if it is something that can't be fixed, those people were able to transfer all my files (not programs just files) from my old computer to my new one.\n\nGood luck - I know exactly how horrifying that is!!!!
858079
try to reinstall........the drivers could be corrupted
467158
try going to display properties -> screen saver -> power settings. there should be an ajustment for monitors.
757628
Does your monitor do or show anything at all? Or is it completely dead. Check the cords and make sure they didnt fall off. When you turn the computer on do you get a boot up screen and then it goes dead? If so the monitor is ok. The monitor driver my be corrupt or deleted itself, or you might have a bad video card. Try this turn the computer and the monitor on and unplug the monitor cord from the back of the computer if the monitor is ok you should get a message on the screen telling you that it is disconnected from the computer, if you get this message then the cord or the video card or driver is bad. If you have a friend with a computer ask them if you can borrow their monitor. Disconnect your monitor and reconnect it using their cord if it still wont work your cord is fine if it works you then need a new cord. If it still wont work connect their monitor and see if it works if it does then you need a new monitor if it does the same thing that yours is doing, then it is something else and not the monitor or the cord. If their monitor doesnt work either then it could be the the video card or the driver. To see if it is the driver or the video card since you cant check it in the device manager because your monitor isnt working do this. Notice where the cord plugs into the back of the computer,open the computer up hopefully you have a plug in video card (plugs in slots on the board and can be removed) the other kind is a onboard video card which is built onto the board. If you have a removeable card be carefull and pull it out of the computer. Start the computer up and let it run for a couple of minutes then turn the computer off this will clear a corrupt driver from the system bios. Turn the computer back on if the card is ok it and the driver is bad it will ask ask you if you want to reinstall the driver click yes it will the ask you from where click MS web site also click on the C drive make sure that you have it so it searches all the C drive. It will then do a search and if it finds the driver it will ask you if you want to install it, click yes, after you are done, restart the computer if the monitor still doesnt work more then likely the video card is shot.You can find a decent one for around 60-70 dollars at Best Buy. If you have an onboard card then you have no choice but to try a new card. There should be a slot on the board for it just make sure when you plug the cord back in to plug it into the new card and not the onboard connection. As for copying the files dumbbutt4321 hit it on the head go to radio shack and by cross over cables they plug into the usb connectors!!\nP.S. once again I have read answers from people that DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT. You can NOT switch a hardrive from 1 computer to another without formatting it.. The reason being is that EVERY CPU has a unique identifier on it that installs it self into the BIOS and on to the hardrive. It matches the CPU and hardrive together. Because of this a hardrive will not work if you take it out of one computer and put it into another one without formatting the drive. You have to erase that unique identifier off the drive so that when you switch them the CPU will do its thing and put the id on the new drive so it will match up again! I wish that all you BACK YARD so called computer geeks would leave this stuff up to those of us that actually spent months and alot of money going to school to learn computers and and take tests to get certified. All you manage to do is f+ck up the peoples computer more then it is already!!!!!!!                                                                            GOOD LUCK!!!!\n                             ZEUS
1142840
check your resolution. Because it is a widescreen, text and graphics may appear fuzzy because pixels are stretched.\nTry a resolution greater than 1024 by 768, try 1440 by 900.\nSet a high resolution and check if it works.
548444
could be one of two things:\n\n- software problems: fix this first\ncheck for driver updates for both your video (graphics) card and your monitor. install the updates. if there aren't any updates then reinstall the lastest version of the drivers for both.\n\n- hardware problem\neither the monitor or the video card is busted. whichever one has a prob, it will stop working completely eventually. you're looking at repair or replace as your options here.\n\n\na 3rd, but less likely, culprit is the actual video settings. someone may have changed those by mistake so that the colours looked all messed up.
525720
frist press f8 while booting and choose safe mode. in the safe mode check whats the problem. go with normal boot ...chk display driver and may be this currupted so suggesting reinstall this. change ur monitor resolution frequency also if selected wrong one.\n\ngood luck!!!
857087
The ISP tech just trying to help you. As you said that your computer is not starting (just a black screen) then try to load it in safe mode. \n\nRestart your computer and keep on tapping the "F8" key on the keyboard. You will get a black screen with some options like Normal mode, safe mode , Last Known Good Configuration(LKGC)...  choose  LKGC with the arrow key n press enter. Your computer should restart normally. \nHowever, if this doesnt work then shut down your computer. Wait for a minute, then restart it and keep tapping F8... you will again get the  same screen with the above said options... choose safe mode this time. \nIf its Windows 2000/XP then click Start->Programs/All programs-> Accesserios-> system tools-system restore.\nYou will get a window, choose "restore my computer to an earlier date/time" -> click next-> choose the date on which your computer was working fine(it should be bold) then -> next-> next... follow instr.  Your computer will automatically restart and if you get the list... choose normal mode... and load the computer. \n\nThis should help you.\nGud luck!
333293
go to device manager from control panel, control panel>system>device manager>display adapters and either rinstall driver or rollback driver. If that doesn't fix it, the in graphics properties, change you monitor driver to plug and play. that should fix you up, if not, email me if you find any other problems and I can talk u through them
275217
Flickering is usually a cause of an unsupported framerate. Try changing the refresh rate under monitor settings. Otherwise, it would propably be your graphics card.
989593
Go to the device manager & chec all devices status. Any thing having trouble or ned driver solve that. Not ok? Remove latest added hardware & try. Not the motherboard or processor(LOL). If can try system restro. Restore ur changes. Try ur parts in other working PC. Ur VGA problem in 98 should be driver.
695582
pop in your xp disc  when the screen comes up choose r then type in chkdsk /r it should fix it  or start unplugging your cards one at a time to see if one of them is bad