richlaw
03-13-2012 07:12 AM (1 days ago)
I have HP Pavilion 7790e desktop, running Vista OS, w/ Nvidea 7500LE video card. Bootup to get images on the monitor takes an average 8 minutes. During bootup, the power light on monitor blinks on and off and then finally the monitor comes up starts with a steady power light. Tried upgrading driver and was successful but it didn't solve the problem.?
old_geekster
03-13-2012 01:34 PM (1 days ago)
Rich, welcome to the forum.

The symptoms that you describe could be caused by several things. However, since approximately 65%+ problems are caused by software, I always like to begin with it. It will possibly save you money.

Since the computer is over 5 years old, if you haven't done so in the past year, I suggest doing a destructive System Recovery. This will wipe the computer clean. For this reason, you should backup all of your personal data. Over time, installing and uninstalling programs can cause the computer to slow considerably, due to the remnants of them remaining in the Registry. As I said, the Recovery will eliminate them.

If this doesn't solve the problem, we can try other options.

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