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By Uglybob
#164254
i tried to connect my a new vga box to my pc i bought off ebay. if your not aware, a vga box is a wee box that you connect your playstation 2 to and you can play it on the computer monitor. problem is it didnt seem to work for me. unfortunately thats the big problem.
the screen is frigged, wouldnt seem to work for me and i 99% was sure i put all the leads back where they were supposed to be.
it brings up the boot up process, you know the black screen with the writing, then wait a wee sec and then the black screen and windows with the wee blue bar moving left and right saying its loading.
the screen then goes to black and it usually goes onto windows. but it doesnt it clicks and the screen led turns to orange but it doesnt switch itself off, its like it turns automatically onto standby.

anyone have any ideas
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By Sidders
#164257
Sounds like you need to reinstall Windows to me. Are you using 98?
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By Uglybob
#164258
windows xp, i tried safe mode and it let me in and then i restarted but it does the same thing
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By Uglybob
#164260
when i was in safe the screen was too large so i went into properties, changed it to 800x600 and the thing happened, it blinked off, the tower still making noise but the orange led light is on.
By P.
#164266
Possibly a problem with a screen res (although monitors usually say 'Out of Range' when that happens.
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By Uglybob
#164267
how do i fix it without it going off again?
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By Uglybob
#164340
im in forced vga mode. how do i unforce it