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did you tried to change the installation media ?
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did you tried to change the installation media ?

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Does your video card have more than one output? You may have to connect the display to the other one.<br />
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Did you first make sure that Windows 8.x will even run on your hardware? What mainboard / CPU is your PC running?
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Does your video card have more than one output? You may have to connect the display to the other one.

Did you first make sure that Windows 8.x will even run on your hardware? What mainboard / CPU is your PC running?

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Sounds like a resolution issue. I am not 100% sure what Windows 8.x setup wants, but I have installed it with monitors that default to 1024x768 at 60Hz. Can you try another monitor with specs close to those?
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Sounds like a resolution issue. I am not 100% sure what Windows 8.x setup wants, but I have installed it with monitors that default to 1024x768 at 60Hz. Can you try another monitor with specs close to those?

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it worked to start the installation out with a different monitor - once the install got going, i plugged the original montor back in and it kept working
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it worked to start the installation out with a different monitor - once the install got going, i plugged the original montor back in and it kept working

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Ok, nice to see my solution worked, although you did not see it ;)
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Ok, nice to see my solution worked, although you did not see it ;)

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Wanting a fresh install of Windows 8.1. &nbsp;Current OS is Windwos 7. &nbsp;After pressing spacebar at the &quot;press any key to boot from cd&quot; prompt, I see the Windows 8 icon, but then just the message that the monitor is not getting a signal, and no cd or hd activity.<br />
Tried a few times, same thing each time.
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Wanting a fresh install of Windows 8.1.  Current OS is Windwos 7.  After pressing spacebar at the "press any key to boot from cd" prompt, I see the Windows 8 icon, but then just the message that the monitor is not getting a signal, and no cd or hd activity.
Tried a few times, same thing each time.

Windows 8.1 not installing

Windows 8 is a personal computer operating system developed by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems, with an emphasis on improving its user experience on tablets. In particular, these changes included a touch-optimized Windows shell based on Microsoft's "Metro" design language, the Start screen, a new platform for developing apps with an emphasis on touchscreen input, integration with online services, support for USB 3.0, Advanced Format hard drives, near field communications, and cloud computing. Additional security features were introduced, such as built-in antivirus software, integration with Microsoft SmartScreen phishing filtering service and support for UEFI Secure Boot on supported devices with UEFI firmware.