Black screen monitor

trust_1, on Tuesday 6 May 2008 à 12:14:13

Hello,

A guy called me he had a monitor, when computer starts up it just a black scrren. The starge thing about it that the monitor will not work on either of his two computers, but it is my sisters monitor which still does work on her computer. His old monitor works fine to.

And it gets wierder. The monitor that does not work, works to a certain degree. You can read the BIOS starup info then it goes to the Windows Logo, not the welcome but the Black screen with Windows and the progress bar under it.

Its seem that as soon as windows starts up completely thats when the screen goes black. It seems to be still loading and working in the background.

It also works perfectly in Safemode. Another thing that I've noticed is that while the computer is booting up the buttons for adjusting brightness, contrast, ect, work perfectly but once Windows finishes booting in normal mode it seems like those buttond freeze up.

Any suggestions. By the way this guy has another monitor just as weird, it has a split screen.

Configuration: Windows XP
Internet Explorer 6.0

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haiguys1, on Tuesday 6 May 2008 à 14:00:16

Hello

Monitors have two modes they work in.

1. Alphanumeric mode which is used in DOS and by the BIOS.

2. Graphics mode which is used when in Windows.

It's possible for one mode to be disfunctional on either the monitor or adapter. However, a common problem causing a black screen in the graphics mode, is having the resolution or screen refresh higher than the monitor can handle. Boot up in safe mode and lower the resolution and refresh to see if that's the problem.

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spoons, on Wednesday 18 June 2008 à 19:48:14

Hi

I have just sold my old computer to a friend, which I set up yesterday and was working fine. My friend went to switch it on today the tower, comes and on the screen it comes up with as though you haven't shut the computer down properly and asks you if you want to start windows normally which then I press the enter button it fires up with the Windows Xp logo and then the monitor turns it self off and the orange light comes on the screen and says there is no signal? yet the tower is still fired up.

can anyone please help....

thanks

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Chros, on Wednesday 9 July 2008 à 09:47:10

Hi,
I'm havin the same problem. Originally the screed would flicker and go black even when starting up, and now its when i run large programs (Like Assassins Creed / ACAD......)
I doubt this is because of my graphics card:
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU @ 2.66GHz
RAM 2047MB
System Type: 32-Bit (windows Vista ultimate)
NVIDIA GForce 8600GT

Thing is, the monitor works fine on my sisters Computer, but only screws up on mine. I bought it in February (the whole computer) and haven't had any problems until now...... when i installed windows vista

Any ideas?
Thanks
chris

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sbditto85, on Tuesday 15 July 2008 à 20:07:32

as for Chros are you sure you have the most current drivers for vista? because that might not allow the card work fully and it maybe messing with the refresh rate of your monitor,
as for spoons, does safe mode work, could be a driver issue or the video card is displaying outside the range of the monitor.

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devil_skater, on Wednesday 16 July 2008 à 19:12:38

HI TRUST_1,
make sure you have all the drivers necessary for using vista,or maybe it is just the cable so verify it and tie the screws well

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kaur, on Saturday 2 August 2008 à 16:31:00

Its funny but I am having the same problem for the past 3 weeks now. I checked the cables if its loose or not, software settings etc etc.
After a cold pc start the monitor does not come on after 30 mins and sometimes it takes up to an hr.

If I have left the screen on it comes on after 30mins or so but if i had switched off the monitor from the mains then it takes longer to come on. When i press the the on/off button the screen comes on for less millisec's.

Today I have updated my Geforce 6800 drivers so lets see if that fixes the problem. I was thinking it might have been the adapter taking time to warm up or something stupid like that.

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Ilsamir Lord, on Monday 4 August 2008 à 05:01:14

I just had this problem. The computer started up normally - went to the black Windows screen with the progress bar then got past that and nothing was displayed on the screen. This is not a problem with the monitor (it's brand new, works perfectly and is now displaying Windows on the "last configuration that worked" setting). Any advice would be much appreciated :)

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7ehcobra, on Friday 31 October 2008 à 08:27:13

yes i know what the problem is its not ur graphics card etc its something to do with ur screen resolution or ur refresh rate try lowering ur resolution and ur refresh rate im 100% sure ur screen will come on

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Jack, on Wednesday 12 November 2008 à 21:13:06

If is NOT your Window software or graphic Card.

Replace the faulty monitor capacitors! If you have NO experience on replace the part. I would suggest asking someone that are more experience into this matter.

Buy the capacitor at Radio Shack. The cost is between $ .90-2.00.

I hope this help. 8)

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