HP 205 G1 manual 5Solving Display Problems, Blank screen no video Cause Solution

After installing the media card reader and booting to Windows, the reader and the inserted cards are not recognized by the computer.

Cause Solution

The operating system needs time to recognize the device if the reader was just installed into the computer and you are turning the PC on for the first time.

Wait a few seconds so that the operating system can recognize the reader and the available ports, and then recognize the media inserted in the reader.

After inserting a media card in the reader, the computer attempts to boot from the media card.

Cause Solution

The inserted media card has boot capability.

1.If you do not want to boot from the media card, remove it during boot or do not select the option to boot from the inserted media card during the boot process.

2.During POST (Power On Self-Test), press F9 to modify the boot menu.

3.Change the boot sequence in F10 Computer Setup.

Solving Display Problems

If you encounter display problems, see the documentation that came with the monitor and to the common causes and solutions listed in the following table.

Table 7-5Solving Display Problems

Blank screen (no video).

Cause	Solution
Monitor is not turned on and the monitor light is not on.	Turn on the monitor and check that the monitor light is on.
Bad monitor.	Try a different monitor.
The cable connections are not correct.	Check the cable connection from the monitor to the computer and
	to the electrical outlet.
You may have a screen blanking utility installed or energy saver	Press any key or click the mouse button and type your password
features are enabled.	(if set).
System ROM is corrupted; system is running in Boot Block	Reflash the system ROM with the latest BIOS image.
Emergency Recovery Mode (indicated by eight beeps).
You are using a fixed-sync monitor and it will not sync at the	Be sure that the monitor can accept the same horizontal scan rate
resolution chosen.	as the resolution chosen.
Computer is in Sleep state.	Press the power button to resume from Sleep state.
	CAUTION: When attempting to resume from Sleep state, do not
	hold down the power button for more than four seconds.
	Otherwise, the computer will shut down and you will lose any
	unsaved data.

Monitor cable is plugged into the wrong connector.

Systems may have a monitor connection on both the motherboard or an add-in card. Try moving the monitor connection to a different connector on the back of the computer

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