thanks for the reply but neither option is any good to me as i have a mobo with no onboard graphics and the monitor is definately connected to the right port...
my system has a
ecs k7s5a mainboard.
xp1600 cpu
two 512mb ddr ram strips
creative 5.1 soundcard
geforce 2mx
liteon24xcdrw
toshiba sd m1502 dvd
60gb hard drive
the only thing thats not working ok under win xp is the graphics card......
it works perfectly under any o/s other than xp??????