Screen goes black

I have a Gateway FPD1975W. I tried turning the brightness down but it kept blacking out. The lower I got the more it did it. I turned the brightness up and it stopped. At least you got me looking in the right area. Thanks. RICK

I recently had a similar problem with a MAG LCD monitor. Try the following to see if this resolves your problem:

- set brightness to a lower level. On LCD monitors you can go as low as 0 and still see the screen. With my problem when I set the brightness below 70% the problem went away. A few days later I turned it all the way up to 100% and the problem did not return. However I did not continue to keep it at that level. I found no need for it and find 50% to be exceptable for my needs.

I would say yes it does have something to do with the lamp controler which controls the lamp brightness. I do not know all the technical reasons why a controler starts to have this sort of problem. If your monitor is still under warranty I would take advantage of the free repair otherwise keep the brightness below the level that causes the problem; for me that was under 70 percent.

I hope this solution works for you. Perhaps there are others that can give you all the technical reasons why a controler starts to exhibit this behavior.

Sincerely,

Dean Kenneth Robinson