Been having some strange issues with Win 7 and my screen. A while ago, I had my PC on and got side-tracked with another chore. Came back and my monitor had gone black although the power indicator was blue (on and receiving signal) as opposed to orange (standby, after pressing power button).
The problem is that after rebooting, my screen stayed in that perpetual blue light / black screen state even though I could hear the welcome to windows chime. Managed to shut down and went out for the evening, when I got back, all booted as normal, screen came on normally etc except for the fact that brightness and contrast had been reset to 0.
Spent an evening playing Skyrim, shut down, and since the next morning, it keeps having the same issue, boots to Windows (can tell by chime) but screen is staying black with a blue light. Also won't turn off to standby when I press the power button. Tried plugging the connector to my lappie output and still no joy, which tells me the issue is probably with the screen, but would hate to fork out R2000k plus and the screen isn't the issue.
Replacement screen if need be: Samsung B2330H - 23 Inch Wide LCD Monitor - 70000:1 Contrast, any thoughts?
Windows 7 64bit and monitor signal issues
Windows 7 64bit and monitor signal issues
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Re: Windows 7 64bit and monitor signal issues
What I'd do:
Try the suspect screen on another PC - you've already tried it on your laptop, so we can check this one off
Try another screen on the same PC
Check the warranty status of my screen
RMA it if I can, replace it otherwise
Try the suspect screen on another PC - you've already tried it on your laptop, so we can check this one off
Try another screen on the same PC
Check the warranty status of my screen
RMA it if I can, replace it otherwise
Re: Windows 7 64bit and monitor signal issues
Going to try point two, borrow the screen from my office dock for the evening and try it out. If that works fine, I'll have to purchase new because the ol' LG was like the first 22" LCD ever made and has served me well for a few years, still only has DVI / D-Sub connector and 1680x1050 res So might be worth it for a new one, just will be eating into my living room home theatre Dec upgrade budget, lol.jamin_za wrote:What I'd do:
Try the suspect screen on another PC - you've already tried it on your laptop, so we can check this one off
Try another screen on the same PC
Check the warranty status of my screen
RMA it if I can, replace it otherwise
Strange thing is it did this once before about six months back and then never did it again, hope it's not an AMD driver issue or some glitch with Windows, did read about several issues regarding Win 7 and sleep / hibernation
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Re: Windows 7 64bit and monitor signal issues
Only issue I've seen with Win7 sleep is that on some older hardware the "Wake on LAN" feature doesn't work.
Might be worth a graphics card driver upgrade just to be sure, but it does sound like your screen is done
Might be worth a graphics card driver upgrade just to be sure, but it does sound like your screen is done
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Re: Windows 7 64bit and monitor signal issues
Funny you should post this. On saturday I put my computer in hibernation mode (everything as normal), but after a few hours the screen had turned on with the "Check cable" message even though the computer was off. First time I encountered this. I have a Samsung screen though.
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Re: Windows 7 64bit and monitor signal issues
Same problem with XP on Friday/Saturday. Samsung screen.
Coincidence?
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Re: Windows 7 64bit and monitor signal issues
WEIRD! My bro had the same kinda problem with his pc on Friday. the computer appears to be running alright but the screen wouldnt come on, I unplug the VGA and only then does the screen come on.
Back to topic though it sounds like the screen. Someone else on the forum had the same kinda problem a while back but we weren't sure what was wrong, let's first see if its the screen or the computer before jumping to conclusions:)
Back to topic though it sounds like the screen. Someone else on the forum had the same kinda problem a while back but we weren't sure what was wrong, let's first see if its the screen or the computer before jumping to conclusions:)
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Re: Windows 7 64bit and monitor signal issues
So last night I plugged another screen in and all was fine (although Windows is asking me to activate again?). So seems to be the screen, will spring for a new one and hope for the best. 3 years does seem like a very short lifespan for a screen though.
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