On 15 Mar 2007, Cyril Johnson wrote: > In message <4ec3ec6502graham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Graham Jenkins <graham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> >> When I switch on my Iyonix it runs through the pre-desk routines and then >> as it switches to desktop I get the briefest of flashes of the Risc OS 5 >> logo before the screen goes completely blank. The boot apparently continues >> to completion judging by the harddisc activity light. If I then press the >> reset button the whole process re-starts and usually the desktop screen >> appears normally. I am running Reporter during the boot and it produces >> loads of information, but because I have pressed reset since the initial >> turn on the report only lists the last successful start, which isn't much >> help. I am running v.5.13 but the situation was the same with v.5.11. >> >> Can anyone suggest the most likely culprit for this behaviour? >> >> TIA >> >> Graham >> > I can't explain it, but I get something similar. The monitor is an > Iiyama and left to itself starts up with a white screen until the > Iyonix contacts it. Sometimes the monitor ignores the Iyonix > altogether (i.e. the screen stays white); pressing reset usually puts > things right, but from time to time even this has no effect and I have > to switch off at the mains and (after a suitable interval) switch on > and start up again. At one time one in three start ups were abortive. > The best way of starting up is to switch on at the mains and press the > Iyonix's start button virtually simultaneously. Very few start ups go > wrong in this case. Does your monitor have 2 inputs? If so, could it be trying to lock-onto the second input, because the one expected isn't at first present? -- Cheers Roger Bury Walkers http://burywalkers.members.beeb.net/ Atomic Software http://rogerdarlington.members.beeb.net/ Summer Winers http://rogerarm.freeuk.com/rogerarm/ Bury Hut http://buryhut.members.beeb.net/ Wild Flowers http://rdarlington.members.beeb.net/ Would you like to see my gas bill? --- To alter your preferences or leave the group, visit //www.freelists.org/list/iyonix-support Other info via //www.freelists.org/webpage/iyonix-support