SP2208WFP not showing video during boot

Question

I have just bought a Dell SP2208WFP 22' widescreen monitor and, after tweaking the colour/brightness/contrast settings I am impress with the quality of the screen image.However, there is no video at all outside of Windows. While the computer boots I cannot see the initial screen (with prompt to enter BIOS) or the Windows XP logo with pulsing bar underneath. The first thing that appears is the Windows XP Welcome screen. I did try booting into the BIOS editor (using a different monitor) and then plugging in the new Dell monitor and that displayed with no problems. Does anyone know what could be causing this?Some computer specification (it is not a Dell PC):MSI MS-6533 motherboardNVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 graphics cardUsing VGA lead to connect PC to monitor

gpro · Answer

Check on the graphics card manufacturer's website if there is a BIOS update for the card.

Since the problem occurs before Windows loads, updating the graphics driver shouldn't make a difference, but it shouldn't hurt either.

DELL-Chris M · Answer

mattirons, Does this occur when trying both the VGA and the DVI?

mattirons · Answer

My video card does not have DVI so I have not been able to test the monitor using the DVI input. It happens every time on VGA though.

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SP2208WFP not showing video during boot

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