Monitor just goes black.

daveavacodo · 06-14-2009, 12:36 PM

Hello everyone, this is my first time posting on this forum and im hoping that i can get some help quickly. I have been searching for about two days for a solution to my problem and have been unsuccessful so far.

My problem started about a week ago. When I was playing World of Warcraft my monitor would go black out of the blue. At first i could fix the problem by pressing the Windows/start button on my keyboard to exit WoW. I could then go back into WoW and everything would run smoothly again for a couple hours. That happened between 4-5 times. Two days ago it happened again but this time i couldn't use the Windows/start button. I had to restart my computer to get my monitor to come back on. That worked once. Now my monitor will not come back on at all. I have tried turning my monitor on and off, i have unplugged it and plugged it back in and I even went and bought a new monitor cable. Nothing has worked. When i unplug my monitor cable there is a box that pops up telling me to "check signal cable".

Please help. My Monitor is a Samsung SyncMaster 225bw.

**Tyree** · 06-14-2009, 12:45 PM

Try the monitor on another PC.

daveavacodo · 06-14-2009, 01:42 PM

I took my monitor to a computer store and got it hooked up. The monitor worked fine. Is it my video card then?

**Underclocker** · 06-15-2009, 04:46 AM

Post your systems specs, especially the graphics card and power supply.

06-14-2009, 12:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
daveavacodo Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2 OS: xp	Monitor just goes black. Hello everyone, this is my first time posting on this forum and im hoping that i can get some help quickly. I have been searching for about two days for a solution to my problem and have been unsuccessful so far. My problem started about a week ago. When I was playing World of Warcraft my monitor would go black out of the blue. At first i could fix the problem by pressing the Windows/start button on my keyboard to exit WoW. I could then go back into WoW and everything would run smoothly again for a couple hours. That happened between 4-5 times. Two days ago it happened again but this time i couldn't use the Windows/start button. I had to restart my computer to get my monitor to come back on. That worked once. Now my monitor will not come back on at all. I have tried turning my monitor on and off, i have unplugged it and plugged it back in and I even went and bought a new monitor cable. Nothing has worked. When i unplug my monitor cable there is a box that pops up telling me to "check signal cable". Please help. My Monitor is a Samsung SyncMaster 225bw.

06-14-2009, 12:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tyree Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: May 2009 Location: Illinois Posts: 5,792 OS: XP Pro-7RC-Mandriva My System	Re: Monitor just goes black. Try the monitor on another PC. __________________ Posting your PC specs will help us to help you quicker and more efficiently.

06-14-2009, 01:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
daveavacodo Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2 OS: xp	Re: Monitor just goes black. I took my monitor to a computer store and got it hooked up. The monitor worked fine. Is it my video card then?

06-15-2009, 04:46 AM	#4 (permalink)
Underclocker Just passing by. Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 824 OS: XP Pro SP3 x86 My System	Re: Monitor just goes black. Post your systems specs, especially the graphics card and power supply. __________________ Everest CPU-Z GPU-Z HWMonitor Real Temp Core Temp OCCT ORTHOS Memtest86+