After booting up my pc (currently being built using various bits and pieces that i can find) the led on the monitor changes from amber to green & the screen comes on including boot screen etc. PC boots up and will run fine for about 5 minutes, then the screen goes blank. Turning the monitor off, then back on brings the screen back but goes blank almost immediately again. Shining a torch at the screen shows that it is still working. I'm assuming the backlights are working (as they stay lit for the first 5 minutes or so) and that the capacitors(?) running them are overheating or something causing them to cut out. I can't afford to buy another monitor at the moment so want to fix this one myself but need a detailed walkthrough so i know exactly what i'm doing. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
I find it strange when i use a flashligt i see an image but the screen(panel) has 2 backlights so it must be the invertor? How can i solve my problem?
It could also be that the video card is not compatible with this monitor. After the pc boots up, can you get into windows? Does the monitor always go out at a specific time on boot? Say for example; you boot the pc, windows startup splash screen comes on; screen does a quick flash and goes blank. Then it maybe the BIOS setting for the video. Try changing the IRQ setting. You could also try putting the video card in another slot. Do you have the manual for the motherboard? Ray
It sounds like the internal power supply in the monitor is overheating.
This might sound strange, but change the power cable to a thicker cable and plug directly to the wall. Don't go through the a surge protector. Sometimes this works. What is the make and model of your monitor? Does it seem to get really hot? After the monitor goes blank does the power indicator light stay green or go to amber?
Ray
There maybe light at the end of the tunnel. This monitor has a standby/sleep mode. Go into the monitor settings and make sure this setting is turned off. This is a nice little monitor, it has alot of features and internal speakers. Good choice.
Ray
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I have the manual i downloaded from the IBM website. The PC's a IBM xseries 205 - model 848022x. It used to be a server and trying to make it into a desktop.
Running Ubuntu (as my system disks are at home & i'm at my parents as moving house.) and don't really know what i'm doing with it.
The monitor comes on for random periods of time but generally 5 minutes on startup and works fine - i can open firefox and other applications etc and still works until it gets to around that 5 minute mark. It also seems to last longer if i switch it off for 30 minutes and then turn it back on, works for about 5 minutes again. I've tried it on 2 other computers - 1 with win xp and it recognises the monitor through the plug and play feature and doesn't ask for drivers to be installed or anything.
Will try that soon.
It's a Relisys tl-565. Think the light stays green when the monitor goes blank. Thanks for the help so far
Gateway HD 22 inch monitor shows screen and sign in for 10 sec and goes blank.
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