When I say goes blank I mean the monitor goes black, and there is no sound from anywhere-the tower light is still on and will not go off- I turn off the surge switch and then turn it back on- the tower button goes off-then I can restart. This happens randomly some days 2 times other days it is ok-My puter is a XP about 5 years old-do I need a new tower or could it be the monitor.HELP HELP AND THANK YOU
2006-09-15 03:57:28 · 4 answers · asked by golfalots 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Change your sleep settings. Open My Computer. Click on Control Panel. Click on Power Options. Change Turn Off Monitor to Never.
That should fix the problem.
2006-09-15 04:09:32 · answer #1 · answered by boo's mom 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
To shut down, learn the steps with the monitor on, using ONLY the keyboard. That will give an orderly power down.
Open a 'DOS' box, run SFC /scannow and have the i386 folder available [CD] to have file repaired. [ /? explains]
No Sound? No fan noise? then maybe the power supply [+12v] is shutting down. If so, the shut down described won't work, but tells you where the problem is.
Other possible is a BIOS chip failing. Or monitor power cable.
2006-09-15 05:38:13 · answer #2 · answered by singbloger1953a 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you should plug your pc right into a various video reveal, so that then you will understand if that's the video reveal, or the pc. if that's the pc you could pick a sparkling photographs card.
2016-10-15 00:49:28 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get another one
2006-09-15 03:59:20 · answer #4 · answered by SAYCORAXZ 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋