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My Cousin has a little problem. His monitor isn't turning on at all, it's stuck in standby mode... Turning on the PC doesn't help. Ideas? |
Monitor not coming out of standby
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Lutz 48,870 posts
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ssuellid 19,142 posts
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Registered 20 years agoHas he got it the video cable plugged in?
daft questions first. -
Homer-Simpson 1,543 posts
Registered 17 years agoThrow it down the stairs and claim it on the insurance....but on a more serious note does it respond when pressing whatever button it is to run his computers setup at the start up? -
Hicksy 2,677 posts
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Registered 18 years agohave a rock 'n' roll moment
drive it to the stop of a multi storey care park then drop it and see what happens
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mooth-EcToX 3,619 posts
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Registered 19 years agoalternitvly you could just switch it on.... -
Lutz 48,870 posts
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Registered 18 years agossuellid wrote:
First thing I asked. He says he's unplugged it, replugged it and rescrewed it back in. No effect.
Has he got it the video cable plugged in?
daft questions first.
Homer: No. Nothing. It's STUCK in standby. -
Mike_Hunt 23,524 posts
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Registered 19 years agoI heard some good hardware advice recently... What was it?
Ah, yes. "Buy a new monitor".
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Lutz 48,870 posts
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Registered 18 years agoMike_Hunt wrote:
That was the second thing I said to him.
I heard some good hardware advice recently... What was it?
Ah, yes. "Buy a new monitor".
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Mike_Hunt 23,524 posts
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Registered 19 years agoSounds like it's not receiving a signal from the Gfx card - is that cable in both ends? Has he done something to his graphics settings recently (bumped up the res to silly levels, updated the drivers?)
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fergal_oc 2,764 posts
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Registered 17 years agoLutz wrote:
ssuellid wrote:
First thing I asked. He says he's unplugged it, replugged it and rescrewed it back in. No effect.
Has he got it the video cable plugged in?
daft questions first.
Homer: No. Nothing. It's STUCK in standby.
Might be your video card thats gone bang? -
Lutz 48,870 posts
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Registered 18 years agoMike_Hunt wrote:
He says the cable is in correctly.
Sounds like it's not receiving a signal from the Gfx card - is that cable in both ends? Has he done something to his graphics settings recently (bumped up the res to silly levels, updated the drivers?)
[MH]
Didn't think about the res or drivers, I'll check. It's doubtful, but I'll check. -
Dirtbox 92,595 posts
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Homer-Simpson 1,543 posts
Registered 17 years agoLutz wrote:
ssuellid wrote:
First thing I asked. He says he's unplugged it, replugged it and rescrewed it back in. No effect.
Has he got it the video cable plugged in?
daft questions first.
Homer: No. Nothing. It's STUCK in standby.
Okies, I was just wondering as I had a similar probelm once and pressing F8 just after the start up let me go into the setup screen where I reset the monitor settings and the screen resolution. But seeming as that doesn't do any good in his case, I think he'd be better off going with Hicksy's idea..gif)
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Lutz 48,870 posts
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Registered 18 years agoDirtbox wrote:
It's a fairly low spec PC, and doesn't run anything intensive. Most powerful game he runs is Red Alert 2 and the Internet, so I'm not WHY it'd go bang...
It'll be the video card.
Anyway of checking? -
Homer-Simpson 1,543 posts
Registered 17 years agoLutz wrote:
Dirtbox wrote:
It's a fairly low spec PC, and doesn't run anything intensive. Most powerful game he runs is Red Alert 2 and the Internet, so I'm not WHY it'd go bang...
It'll be the video card.
Anyway of checking?
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Mike_Hunt 23,524 posts
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Registered 19 years agoLutz wrote:
Yeah - put in a different video card or try a different monitor.
Dirtbox wrote:
It's a fairly low spec PC, and doesn't run anything intensive. Most powerful game he runs is Red Alert 2 and the Internet, so I'm not WHY it'd go bang...
It'll be the video card.
Anyway of checking?
[MH]
Edited by Mike_Hunt at 15:36:31 21-01-2005 -
Is he giving the monitor weird vibes maaaan.....?
/Is looking forward to a good smoke tonight, for the first time in 3 weeks... -
Lutz wrote:
My Cousin has a little problem. His monitor isn't turning on at all, it's stuck in standby mode... Turning on the PC doesn't help.
Ideas?
What monitor is it? Make and model please...
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eviltobz 2,609 posts
Registered 18 years agoone of my machines got a bit flakey like this once. i'd recommend talking the lid off. unplug everything, all the cards, drives and whatnot, maybe even the memory if you wann be picky (i never did that). pop out the cmos battery to clear everything and leave it out for a few seconds to allow any residual power to disipate. then put together the minimum system to get a screen up - cpu, memory and video card and nowt else should do it. see if you get anything up then. if you don't then something's certainly borked, most likely the graphics card so look into swapping bits out.
and be sure to fully reseat the card, don't just leave it there as it could be something dodgy with the connection.
it's a bit long winded and hassleful, but as i said, it has worked for me when i've had the exact same issue. -
Lutz 48,870 posts
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Registered 18 years agoNo other machine to test the card on and no other monitor to test with the machine.
Cable IS secure at both ends. Res and drivers haven't been touched for 2 weeks, and in that 2 weeks it's been running fine. -
Nexus_6 6,169 posts
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Registered 17 years agoive got the same sort of problem with my telly.... 
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Jetset_UK 3,578 posts
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Registered 18 years agoHas it given it a good whack with the palm of the hand. Try different parts of the monitor as well. Also try shouting at it, is helpful if there are no children about, as swearing whilst shouting is better. -
Can he still get the monitor settings displayed on the monitor? or is it one of those archaic plastic wheel type devices?
What colour is the monitor's LED
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