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After my computer is idle for several hours and upon being activated the monitor goes off. The power button lite turns reddish. I turn it off then back on...green power button lite. The monitor stays on a few seconds then goes black. I turn off then on....and the monitor goes black. This cycle continues for (what seems like an eternity) 35 - 50 cycles of going off then I turn off and turn back on. Finally, with no hint, the monitor stays on and performs flawlessly until the compute is idle for several hours again. Anyone have an suggestions.
Do a good turn daily!
Don
 
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See if you can swap the monitor to another computer. If the problem persists at least you would know if it is the monitor or CPU. Offhand, it sounds like the energy-saving sleep feature on the monitor is fighting with the energy-saving features of the operating system. Did the monitor some with the CPU or did you buy them seperately? What brand(s)?
 
Hey Don,
What OS are you using?
Assuming it's MS, right mouse click on your monitor background, don't click on an icon, just an empty space of whatever you have set as your background.
A window should pop up that has "properties at the bottom". Left click on properties.
A box should open up that says something like display properties.
With Windows XP the middle tab says "screen saver". There is a section of screen that says "monitor power" There is a button that says "power". Find something like that and left mouse click on it.
The first screen that shows up displays different drop down menus. What does yours say? I'm specifically looking for what "hibernation" is set to. Typically, hibernation causes lots of problems. Doesn't work. Often forces a reboot. Others may chime in and disagree, but I recommend, "never" for hibernation. This can appear to be affecting your monitor when it's the cpu that's having the problem. After all, the monitor only displays what gets sent to it.

Hope this helps,
 
Mark: I am running XP home edition version 2002 Service Pacl 2.
Hibernation is NOT enabled. I have all of those settings set to never except the monitor is set to turn off after 15 minutes. I guess I could change that to never also.

The system is a Dell and the monitor came with the CPU as a pkg.

Woodwish: I will try some swapping this evening when I can take the monitor to a friend's home. I don't have another one here at the moment.

Thanks for the help. I'll report any findings.

Do a good turn daily!
Don
 
Try this link:

http://www.support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim3000/en/SM/adtshoot.htm#wp1043338

This sounds like the problem you are describing. There are also references to diagnostic lights and beep codes. I always download and print the online manuals for contingencies just like this.

Power Lights

If the power light is steady amber, a device might be malfunctioning or incorrectly installed.

Remove and then reinstall the memory modules.

Remove and then reinstall any cards.

Remove and then reinstall the graphics card, if applicable.

Hope that helps...
 
I'm guessing Don was referring to the power light on his monitor not the one on the cpu. I don't think the troubleshooting link really applies to a monitor problem of this sort.
It might, but with the information provided, I don't think so.

Don,
you probably have done this already but check the connection of the cable between the cpu and the monitor.

I'm also assuming that when you attempt to bring the computer "to life", you are hitting keyboard keys like "enter"?
 
The light I'm referring to is on the monitor. I click the mouse and the monitor comes to life then goes black and the routine starts.
I've checked all cables. Restarting the computer does not make any difference either. After it restarts the routine starts.
Do a good turn daily!
Don
Originally posted by mdburn_em
<br />I'm guessing Don was referring to the power light on his monitor not the one on the cpu. I don't think the troubleshooting link really applies to a monitor problem of this sort.
It might, but with the information provided, I don't think so.

Don,
you probably have done this already but check the connection of the cable between the cpu and the monitor.

I'm also assuming that when you attempt to bring the computer "to life", you are hitting keyboard keys like "enter"?
Click to expand...
 
Don

Is it a LCD montor. If so you may have to call Dell. There were a batch of LCD that had a simular problem. I to have a Dell so far so good. I have my system go into Hibernation all the time no problem. I believe they had a batch of monitors with bad capacitors.
 
How about this link for a monitor problem:

http://support.dell.com/support/dsn/dsnsearchresult.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&Query=bW9uaXRvcis=&SystemID=DIM_CEL_3000&ServiceTag=&contenttype=-1&os=-1&component=-1&lang=-1&customersearch=False

There are several pages of choices depending on what you have CRT/LCD and the symptoms.
 
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