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Monitor Turns Off during Windows 7 Installation
Hi,
I've just purchased a copy of windows 7 pro and I'm attempting to install it.
After some hick ups at being stuck at the blue wallpaper, I was finally able to fix the issue and click through the options to start the install.
As the install starts and it gets to the "expanding files" progress bar, after a 2-3 min, my monitor goes into sleep mode or power-save mode - the screen goes goes to black and my monitor switches from DVI to VGA several times looking for a signal presumably and then just goes into standby like when I am inactive in windows xp for a few min.
My computer is still running, however I am unsure whether the installation is still in progress - the dvd drive is still spinning, and the activity LED is still flashing.
After searching google for the past 2 hrs, I can see that people are having similar problems however I do not see a fix for it.
Some people say to connect the monitor via VGA, however I do not have a VGA port on my Gigabyte P35 DS3R Motherboard.
My Video card is a Nvidia 8800 GTS 512mb, with dual DVI ports. I only have 1 monitor connected for the install.
How do I fix this? Is there a fix? Did I just purchase Windows 7 without any hope of installation?
Any advice at all would be greatly appreciated!!
Thanks!
-AL