Al2416w acer monitor comes on says acer then goes black

The problem is in your old computer, the video graphics card is faulty, you mentioned the monitor was hooked up to the new computer and worked fine.

change the serial cord or the videocard. if not work your Acer AL2416W i think your lcd have a problem?

Something is shutting down your power supply

Try opening it up, and reconnect the connectors on the three different boards. Worked for me for a while.

It most likely is. This is not a difficult repair and you can get an inverter for $10 - $20 off Ebay.

Hello!

I see many monitor with that trouble.
When you turn on comp., you can have a picture on monitor about 10-30 min. and that go in black screen, or If you change resolution again go in black screen.
You must repair monitor or bay another.

mine does this too

This Acer 2416w has problems with weak capacitors on the inverter board causing shorting of the driver FETs. Replacing caps and shorted FETs may solve the malfunction.
Monitor Mike

I have 2 Acer AL2416W monitors that i have been using for 2 years. There has been a handful of times i would turn my computer on in the morning and the screen would be black and Acer would lightly flash on the monitor 1 time. Typically a restart would take care of the problem. Last week the monitor blacked out and i can't get it to work. Any suggestions?? I switched ports on the computer to verify it wasn't the video card and tried new DVI cables to verify it wasn't those? Is this fixable??

Can you check your monitor's device settings (on physical buttons on the monitor) and check for changes to the Hue or contrast setting(s)?
It sounds as if the hue or contrast has been adjusted slightly, just enough to be visible.