>I just fired up an older computer. Windows XP starts to load on the screen then the screen goes black and tells me to check the signal. My suspicion is that the computer need a new battery, because the monitor works fine for about 30 seconds.
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>Have you had this trouble? If you did was it low battery power?
Is this a desktop or laptop.? If dekstop depending on the bios and its setting you can get some odd behavior with a bad CMOS battery..
As Al says, you can also get the black screen on a bad video setting. ( or a box with video on board and a video card and a bad cmos etc etc )
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