[NTLUG:Discuss] Weird monitor problem

[david]

>
> One room may still mean a single breaker.  Do you have any form of UPS
> involved?  I have worked on some systems where the power issue was coming
> out of the wall and the UPS set on high sensitivity was able to tell us this
> (as it started clicking on and  off all the time).
>
> Quick check, can you replicate any of the power problems with an extension
> cord from another room?
>
> Matt
>   
Actually I have had two Belkin UPS units go bad since moving in this house.
I pulled the card (BFG 6200 nvidia) and put it in a spare box and it worked
straight away. Then I dug up a GeForce 4 and no go. I am thinking the MOBO
may be the culprit, but with no on-board video and dead AGP I can't get 
to the BIOS.
I might have to hunt down a PCI card.

> Q? re the monitor - is it really old, like prior to Plug&Pray?  Could be
> that when it's powered up and you hot plug it, the newer video card isn't
> recognizing the video mode.
>
> -----Burton
>   
The current monitor is a Westinghouse L1975NW
The spare is an NEC FE700+

Thank you for your input so far.