RedT
Well-known member
PC monitor problem - I think. Please read the entire problem statement before responding.
When I turn on the PC in the morning, I can hear it go through the POST, and hear the Windows 7 "tune" as Windows boots. BUT the monitor screen is blank - it never shows an image during the boot process. After a wait period of 5 - 10 minutes, I turn the PC off, wait for a 5 minute period and turn back on. Now, the monitor displays as normal!
(On boot-up, it displays the Microsoft message that the PC was shut down improperly, and displays the option to boot with command prompt, Safe Mode or Normal. I select normal, and Windows boots normal.) This tells me that the computer did initially boot, but the monitor just doesn't display anything.
Thinking an update may have caused the problem, I have selected a restore date 4 months back, but that did not resolve the problem. Updating drivers has not fixed the problem.
I have connected another smaller monitor to the PC and all operates as normal. I have connected the monitor to the laptop and it responds the same as with the PC which makes me think that the problem is monitor-not PC.
This monitor is 4 years old, worked for 3 years without a glitch on a Windows XP computer, and has operated flawlessly on my new Dell PC for approximately one year. It has just now started to "act up". Specifics:
Dell XPS 8300 PC
i7-2600 processor
16 GB RAM
Win 7 Home Premium
AMD RADEON HD6450 Display Adapter
ViewSonic VX2235WM Monitor
It appears to be an intermittent problem, but I don't know if I should just replace the monitor or....?
When I turn on the PC in the morning, I can hear it go through the POST, and hear the Windows 7 "tune" as Windows boots. BUT the monitor screen is blank - it never shows an image during the boot process. After a wait period of 5 - 10 minutes, I turn the PC off, wait for a 5 minute period and turn back on. Now, the monitor displays as normal!
(On boot-up, it displays the Microsoft message that the PC was shut down improperly, and displays the option to boot with command prompt, Safe Mode or Normal. I select normal, and Windows boots normal.) This tells me that the computer did initially boot, but the monitor just doesn't display anything.
Thinking an update may have caused the problem, I have selected a restore date 4 months back, but that did not resolve the problem. Updating drivers has not fixed the problem.
I have connected another smaller monitor to the PC and all operates as normal. I have connected the monitor to the laptop and it responds the same as with the PC which makes me think that the problem is monitor-not PC.
This monitor is 4 years old, worked for 3 years without a glitch on a Windows XP computer, and has operated flawlessly on my new Dell PC for approximately one year. It has just now started to "act up". Specifics:
Dell XPS 8300 PC
i7-2600 processor
16 GB RAM
Win 7 Home Premium
AMD RADEON HD6450 Display Adapter
ViewSonic VX2235WM Monitor
It appears to be an intermittent problem, but I don't know if I should just replace the monitor or....?