The Inquirer has the low down on the INTEL problem using its Active Monitor and the ATA storage driver, version 6.10 and above, when installed on a P4 system running Windows 2000.
Here's what The Inquirer ladies are saying:
In an urgent note to its customers, it said that an "intermittent black screen" which means the system will not post, can occur when a machine is switched on.
Intel claims the problem is a timing issue with the SM Bus driver in the Intel Active Monitor.
Here's what you have to do to get rid of the black screen of death. You have to unplug the power for 15 seconds or more, and the system should then start to boot normally.
Uninstall Active Monitor 1.13 and earlier, and replace it with Active Monitor 1.14 or later.
Then thou shalt verily see thine Pentium 4 system booting without being faced with a very black screen of death. And thou shalt be happier thereof than thou wert before.
Intel is offering an upgraded prog download of Active Monitor.
In an urgent note to its customers, it said that an "intermittent black screen" which means the system will not post, can occur when a machine is switched on.
Intel claims the problem is a timing issue with the SM Bus driver in the Intel Active Monitor.
Here's what you have to do to get rid of the black screen of death. You have to unplug the power for 15 seconds or more, and the system should then start to boot normally.
Uninstall Active Monitor 1.13 and earlier, and replace it with Active Monitor 1.14 or later.
Then thou shalt verily see thine Pentium 4 system booting without being faced with a very black screen of death. And thou shalt be happier thereof than thou wert before.
Intel is offering an upgraded prog download of Active Monitor.
