Every time i turn the computer on, the monitor will turn on for less than a second then turn off with the power light still on and green. if i turn the computer off and on again, it'll show me what's on the screen for less than a second again then black. anyone know what the problem is???
It could be your LCD backlight giving you problems. When the image "goes off" shine a flashlight in the lower left hand corner of your screen. Look for the ?Start? button, if your backlight is not working you?ll see a faint ?start? button if you look closely. Depending on the monitor this is usually and economically repairable problem. Let us know if you have any other questions and please don?t forget to rate this posting.
I'm having the same problem. It only happens if the monitor has been off for a while. Last time I had to hit the power button 30 times until it stayed. I would usually turn the monitor off to prevent burn in, but truthfully I am afraid to even shut down my computer, since I don't think the monitor will turn back on again. This is not a backlight problem. I seen no start menue when the screen is off, my guess would be a capacitor going bad or faulty connection, but I don't know enough about the technology to make an accurate assessment.
When
you plug in the power cord is there any lights whatsoever on the computer?
When you press the power button do you hear fans running, hard drive spinning,
lights on the computer, hear any beeps or lights constantly blinking, hear the
DvD/CD drive click and the light on the drawer of the DvD/CD turn on for a
second or two? If so the laptop is trying to boot or may have booted, but
the screen is not showing for some reason.
Beep tones and blinking lights tells the technicians what is going on with the computer
and why it is not booting. Most times it's a motherboard issue when you
hear beeps or blinking lights continuous. Most times the problem is with
the memory or Video Card. Count the Blinking Lights or Beeps and take note of
their pattern (1 Long or 1 Long followed by 2 Short).
Maybe your power cord is bad if you don't get anything to happen whatsoever
when you press the power button.
Maybe
you have a Static Charge Buildup. Remove the Power Cord, then Press and
Hold the power button for 30 seconds. After 30 seconds plug the power
cord back in and hit the power button to see if it boots.
Maybe
your memory is bad or the memory slot is bad.
Remove
the Power Cord, Open the Case and remove one of the memory chips. Set the
chip aside then try rebooting the computer. If it boots, then you know
the memory chip you set aside is bad so mark an x on it with an ink pen.
If it fails to boot then move the chip to the next memory slot and try
rebooting. If it fails take the chip out and set it aside, then put the
other chip in and try booting it in both slots. If it boots, just to
verify that the chip set aside is bad, mark an x on it and put it into the open
memory chip slot and try booting.
Maybe
your power supply is bad. Sometimes there is enough power to make the
power light or some other lights come on but not enough power to make the fan
turn on or hard drive spin.
When
you plug in the power cord is there any lights whatsoever on the laptop, where
the plug goes in or on the AC Adapter of the power cord?
When you press the power button do you hear fans running, hard drive spinning,
lights on the computer, hear any beeps or lights constantly blinking, hear the
DvD/CD drive click and the light on the drawer of the DvD/CD turn on for a
second or two? If so the computer is trying to boot or may have booted,
but the screen is not showing for some reason.
Beep tones and blinking lights tells the technicians what is going on with the
laptop and why it is not booting. Most times it's a motherboard issue
when you hear beeps or blinking lights continuous. Most times the problem
is with the memory or Video Card. Count the Blinking Lights or Beeps and take
note of their pattern (1 Long or 1 Long followed by 2 Short).
Maybe you have a Static Charge
Buildup. Remove the Power Cord, then Press and Hold the power button for
30 seconds. After 30 seconds plug the power cord back in and hit the
power button to see if it boots.
Maybe
your memory is bad or the memory slot is bad.
Remove
the Power Cord, Open the Case and remove one of the memory chips. Set the
chip aside then try rebooting the computer. If it boots, then you know
the memory chip you set aside is bad so mark an x on it with an ink pen.
If it fails to boot then move the chip to the next memory slot and try
rebooting. If it fails take the chip out and set it aside, then put the
other chip in and try booting it in both slots. If it boots, just to
verify that the chip set aside is bad, mark an x on it and put it into the open
memory chip slot and try booting.
When
you plug in the power cord is there any lights whatsoever on the laptop, where
the plug goes in or on the AC Adapter of the power cord?
When you press the power button do you hear fans running, hard drive spinning,
lights on the computer, hear any beeps or lights constantly blinking, hear the
DvD/CD drive click and the light on the drawer of the DvD/CD turn on for a
second or two? If so the computer is trying to boot or may have booted,
but the screen is not showing for some reason.
Beep tones and blinking lights tells the technicians what is going on with the
laptop and why it is not booting. Most times it's a motherboard issue
when you hear beeps or blinking lights continuous. Most times the problem
is with the memory or Video Card. Count the Blinking Lights or Beeps and take
note of their pattern (1 Long or 1 Long followed by 2 Short).
Maybe you have a Static Charge
Buildup. Remove the Power Cord, then Press and Hold the power button for
30 seconds. After 30 seconds plug the power cord back in and hit the
power button to see if it boots.
Maybe
your memory is bad or the memory slot is bad.
Remove
the Power Cord, Open the Case and remove one of the memory chips. Set the
chip aside then try rebooting the computer. If it boots, then you know
the memory chip you set aside is bad so mark an x on it with an ink pen.
If it fails to boot then move the chip to the next memory slot and try
rebooting. If it fails take the chip out and set it aside, then put the
other chip in and try booting it in both slots. If it boots, just to
verify that the chip set aside is bad, mark an x on it and put it into the open
memory chip slot and try booting.
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Mine comes on for a second, as soon as I hit the on button then blinks off after about a second--it's taking about 30 times on-and-off before my Dell 19" lcd monitor stays on.
i can see a faint picture on my screen if i use a strong light, or the sunlight falls on it--I have a 19" Dell E193FP LCD monitor & windows XP
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