Monitor won't come on

It might be in a corrupted hybernation mode.
Try turning the computer off by pushing the power button for 10 seconds and then do not choose resume but the other option.

The F4 button on laptops usually controls the second monitor. Try plugging it in and holding F and press F4.

I'm guessing the different monitors are different sizes? The only thing a driver for a monitor will do will tell the computer the max resolution that the monitor will be able to go up to. However most 90% of monitors can use the built in windows driver without issues. Your best bet is going to be to change the resolution on the monitor. To do this you can either hook up the old monitor, lower the resolution, and then plug in the other monitor. Or you can boot the computer into VGA low resolution mode by pressing F8 as the computer starts up and selecting that option. From there you can lower the resolution, and then put it at something more desirable with the new monitor.
The other possibility being your Gateway monitor is actually malfunctioning and you just happened to hook up a bad monitor.

Make sure you are on the correct video setting on the monitor using the menu button.
If you are hooked up to dvi you need to make sure the monitor is on the dvi component. VGA same thing.


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Usually this problem happens when the video card is sending a signal to the monitor that the monitor does not recognize. (Kind of like me telling you how to fix this problem in a language I dreamed up myself.) The monitor will work on a different computer, because that computer has a video card "talking" to the monitor in a language it understands. So the solution is a different monitor that has a resolution setting your computer can talk to. Possibly you can borrow one, change the resolution of the card, and put your own back in. You can plug in and unplug monitors while the computer is on with no problem, to test.

This is not your Monitor Problem It is your System Unit Problem.
Some time Problem with VGA Card You Check your VGA Card . Hope problem will be solve.

You have a power supply issue. Something is causing teh supply breaker to trip. You will need to find a local repair shop to pin point the issues.

probably needs new voltage regulator for backlight. it would probably be cheaper to just buy a new monitor

I think the power board might be going bad in there. Hook up a different good working monitor to the computer and see what happenss.

If the monitor still turns off after a few seconds then you know its the video card acting up. If the monitor stays on then you know its the original monitor that is bad for sure.

If it worked on a computer at the IT person, it is most likely a faulty graphics card in your computer. You may want to get that checked out.

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