[iyonix-support] Re: Black Screen after booting
- From: Andrew Pinder <Andrew.Pinder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 18:16:06 +0100
In message <c30ee95851.D_Lane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
on 19 Sep 2010 David R Lane <D_Lane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi comrades in ARMs,
> Recently, Nixiyo, my Iyonix PC, has shown a black screen after
> booting. Following previous advice, I stuck an obey file with
> instructions
> *pcidevices { > $.pcid }
> *settype $.pcid text
[snip]
> To start with, this produced the desktop. But the problem seems
> to be getting worse as I often have to do this over and over
> again before getting the desktop to appear. Each time I repeat
> the procedure, a faint flash of "Input not supported" and then
> a faint flash of the desktop appears, the flashes gradually
> getting brighter after each attempt until the desktop appears
> permanently.
> Once, as an experiment, I booted Nixiyo, got the black screen,
> but left it like that for about 20 minutes and then did a
> reinit NVidia and got the desktop first go.
> The problem seems to have got worse as the days have got
> colder in the last week or so. Initially, I did see the text
> output on the screen, but just didn't get the desktop. Now I
> don't see anything. It's OK if I restart Nixiyo soon after
> switching off.
> Is the NVidia card on the way out or what?
I would investigate the PSU first - your recent symptoms are similar
to ones I occasionally get. Replacing my PSU decreased the incidence
of them.
Regards
Andrew
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