[computer-tech-support: 8313] Re: Monitor cutting off after signal is finally detected

Nope, the monitor's life has been working fine going strong with not a
bit of a problem for the past 24 hours. I posted how I solved the
problem yesterday by re-setting the monitor to "default" settings but
as of now the post hasn't made the board yet.

On Sep 24, 6:41 pm, V A <va91...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Looks like a power supply issue in the monitor. Probably a capacitor
> reaching the end of its life.
>
> HTH,
> Vidya
>
> On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 4:01 PM, JustAFan <justispr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > For the past few weeks, I've had a problem with my monitor (Gateway
> > FPD1975W TFT LCD Monitor HD Display) experiencing a long delay before
> > cutting on.  It would take forever for it to read "Gateway Signal
> > Detected" then finally cut on and work fine until the next time I cut
> > it off again.  Then the same thing would repeat.
>
> > Only today, the problem got worse. When after another long delay, a
> > signal finally reached for the monitor to cut on, it came on with a
> > beautiful picture display as ever but only for a few seconds then go
> > black again.  I unplugged the monitor's AC power chord, then replugged
> > it back in and the signal would instantly get detected again with the
> > monitor cutting on with a beautiful display as ever but only for a few
> > seconds then cut back off again.
>
> > I thought perhaps there was something in the PC causing this so I
> > unplugged the monitor's VGA cable from the back of the PC and plugged
> > the cable into another PC and the exact same thing happened on the
> > other computer as well.
>
> > So using the exact same monitor VGA cable, I hooked my computer up to
> > my Widescreen TV (since it has a VGA input) and now I can see what I
> > am doing on the computer while using the TV as a display.
>
> > But the monitor is sitting useless.
>
> > Any idea what is going on?  Is the life of this monitor over and
> > gone?  Why is it that I can see a beautiful picture just for a few
> > seconds when a signal is detected then nothing?
>
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