I had to reformat window and now when I restart the computer the monitor won't restart with it. The screen goes black and the power indicater light blinks and if I turn the monitor on myself it just does the monitor check thing. So I'm forced to turn off the computer manualy. Can someone help fix this so the computer and monitor restart correctly together?
2007-03-28 03:45:14 · 8 answers · asked by PPK 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Monitors
Check if your cable from the monitor to the computer is in and in the right slot. You're not getting anything which means there is no communication to the computer. If you needed a new driver - you would of at least got a resolution of 600x800.
2007-03-28 06:39:17 · answer #1 · answered by Shiloh 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your monitor isn't working at all (meaning it never shows the window), its plugged in correctly at both points, and nothing is physically wrong with it... I would say that you probably have to configure your graphics card set up. But you didn't give enough information to determine that.
If you have an Onboard graphics card, and a PCI card installed at the same time, you need to go into Bios, and switch over to the card you use (most likely the PCI card), but before you do that, disable the onboard card through device manager.
Start Menu --> Control Panel --> System --> Hardware (Tab)--> Devide Manager (button) --> Display Adapters
If this doesn't work, check the drivers installed for the Monitor, as well as if you have any installation software.
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2007-03-28 10:54:33 · answer #2 · answered by Mrs Pheonix 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
since you reformatted windows you lost your monitor drivers, you probably didn't reinstall them either so windows is just using a "base" driver (kind of a universal driver to handle your monitor)
go to the monitor manufacturers website and look for their technical support page, search for the type of monitor you have and download the driver for your particular monitor
once you download the driver, install it then restart your computer, it should resolve your problem
2007-03-28 10:52:00 · answer #3 · answered by Greg O 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first of all, u need to check all the cables fit in. then, pull out the RAM, rub the metal surface(gold plated) of the RAM with an eraser. this should do.if nothing seem going normal, try to check the graphic card slot, does it fit enough to the slot? after that, restart the computer. sometimes the major prob is graphic card and RAM. if there's nothing happen, consult the retailer or someone u that can deal with this prob..best regard..
2007-03-28 10:55:39 · answer #4 · answered by irfan 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
update the drivers for the monitor
2007-03-28 10:49:26 · answer #5 · answered by T F 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check if the monitor connection cord is properly connected or the display driver is ok or set it to "adaptor default" in safe mode or the monitor driver is set to default at least...
2007-03-28 10:53:05 · answer #6 · answered by Manik 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Change a new monitor...dude!
2007-03-28 10:52:35 · answer #7 · answered by J.R. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some monitors aren't program to be able to do this sorry man
2007-03-28 10:48:29 · answer #8 · answered by jake c 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋