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Boot TS - No Video Displayed

Explanation: Nothing at all is being displayed on the system monitor. Something should display on the screen within a few seconds of the PC booting, possibly an error message if there is a system problem.

Diagnosis: Either there is no video output, or there is video output but the monitor is not displaying. It makes sense first to rule out a monitor problem as that will prevent effective troubleshooting of the rest of the boot.

Recommendation: Consider the monitor you are using. If it has worked recently then you can probably assume that it is OK. If this is a new monitor, you really cannot assume, unless the monitor has an on-screen display that comes up when it is turned on (some newer ones do this specifically so that you do know when the problem is the monitor and when it isn't). Then proceed based on your confidence level in the monitor: are you sure that it works?

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