When I start up my computer my Monitor does not boot. is this a bios problem or is it my PCI express? I know the monitor works as I don't have this problem by switching motherboards (my other Mobo ethernet has problems) I'm using a Nvidia 8500 GT video card which also works witht he other mobo. Any way to fix this without a monitor as I'd much prefer to use this asus board.

the message is a the fact your computer is going to sleep not the monitor. The message will go off the monitor after a short while

you may need to change some bios settings i don't know what type of BIos you have but the setting would read something like: initial display on boot...and the options would be onboard or pci make sue its pci

^but befor you try that try booting up your pc with the graphics card plugged in (if you haven't already tried)

it may that ur pci express slot not working. u contact ur graphics card retailer or go with the cpu to his shop.

Hi there.
Remember that if you are swapping from on-board graphics to a card you have to go into the BIOS and tell the machine that the primary graphics adapter is AGP/PCI Express.
Plug the VGA cable into the on-board graphics port, start the computer and enter the BIOS, tell the computer to use the AGP/PCI card as primary, press F10, save the changes and exit the bios.
The computer will try and restart so let it boot to post and turn it off, then put in your card and try to boot again.
Please post back if you need more help or advice.

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Hi there.
I'm working on the assumption that the graphics card is a PCI Express card.
Remember that if you are swapping from on-board graphics to a card you have to go into the BIOS and tell the machine that the primary graphics adapter is AGP/PCI Express.
Plug the VGA cable into the on-board graphics port, start the computer and enter the BIOS, tell the computer to use the AGP/PCI card as primary, press F10, save the changes and exit the bios.
The computer will try and restart so let it boot to post and turn it off, then put in your card and try to boot again.
Please post back if you need more help or advice.

Good luck and thanks for choosing FixYa!!

The video card may have a jumper next to it or it need to be reset in bios If you know how at start up prees F1 or F2 or Del one of these will open Bios in the bios menu you will see setup instructions on the side or the bottom follow them and save if you are trying to add a video card it should say onboard or pci slect pci then press esc on your keyboard then press F10 to save settings then restart pc this should work but check the hp website for downloads get the manuel and find out about the video jumpers.

Try to set your PCI-E card as a first one in BIOS. There also should be an option to turn off onboard video.

You mentioned that you disabled the on-board graphics card using the device mamager.
You should disable the on-board video card in the BIOS.
Go to the BIOS config and disable the Video.

First of all, and I know this sounds ridiculous but I've even done it, make sure you connected the monitor cable to the new video card and not to the old 'on-board' video connection.
Next, do you get a (BIOS) start-up screen? If you don't, you most likely have a bad or incompatible video card. If you do, you need to boot into the 'BIOS' setup by holding down which ever 'F' key your particular computer calls for, (I don't know the make of your computer), and look for video or display options and choose the appropriate setting (PCI or PCI-Express), 'Onboard' is the factory default and will only work with the monitor cable plugged in the 'original' connector.
If you still can't get it to work you may have to put the connector back on the original, then go into 'Device Manager' (right click My Computer - then choose 'Properties', then 'Hardware' tab, then Device Manager), go down and open 'Display adapters', choose update driver on the new card's entry and then 'disable' the original device. turn off PC, reconnect the monitor to the new card and reboot. Good Luck!

Just a suggestion for you to try.
This is to check whether your PCI-E card is ok or not.
The BIOS setting option should be on PCI Express.
Take out the power cable from the hard disk - we don't want to mess around with window driver or system that might be the culprit.
Now turn on the computer, if ok, you should see some texts on your screen. This is a confirmation that your PCI-E card is still working. So then for you to work on your windows to solve the problem. Good luck.