Monitor does not stay on...

[pmaxon]

Last evening, my neighborhood lost power for a while. Now my monitor does not stay on. I can turn the monitor off and then back on and it will stay on for about 1 second and then go blank. It is not powering down, just going blank. The computer is an HP Pavilion. Anyone have any suggestions on what I might do?

Thanks!

 

[UnderCover00J]

Borrow a friends monitor to identify whether it is a problem with your graphics card or the actual monitor.

 

[richc46]

Last evening, my neighborhood lost power for a while. Now my monitor does not stay on. I can turn the monitor off and then back on and it will stay on for about 1 second and then go blank. It is not powering down, just going blank. The computer is an HP Pavilion. Anyone have any suggestions on what I might do?

Thanks!

Do you use a surge protector or an UPS? If not, when you are up and running you need one. If you want to prevent future problems you will invest in a good one.

 

[pmaxon]

I do use a surge protector.

 

[richc46]

If you do, and a power outage was able to damage your monitor, you need a better one. The next time it could be your computer that dies. Hope you understand I am just trying to help, not preach. Have a Merry Christmas.

 

[pmaxon]

Well, my hope is that the monitor is not damaged and it is perhaps just a driver issue...

 

[1Bowtie]

Hi pmaxon

You might try plugging the monitor directly into wall socket just to see if it works that way. Atleast you'll know the surge protector is not the problem.

Smitty

 

[Orpheous]

It definitely sounds to me like a monitor problem. Either test another monitor on your system or test your monitor on another system (maybe a laptop with vga/dvi/hdmi out?)