Monitor Shuts Off

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Brad Roy

I have a Sony Trinitron Monitor that for the last couple of months has
started randomly shutting down. My computer still runs, but the monitor
just intermittently powers down. I either have to force a reboot of the
computer or unplug the monitor and plug it back in after a couple of
minutes.

It will do this after a couple of minutes or after a couple of hours. There
is no pattern that I can tell. It usually does this after I click on my web
browser link, but it has happened when typing as well.

Can anyone figure out what is going on?

Brad
 
I have a Sony Trinitron Monitor that for the last couple of months has
started randomly shutting down. My computer still runs, but the monitor
just intermittently powers down. I either have to force a reboot of the
computer or unplug the monitor and plug it back in after a couple of
minutes.

It will do this after a couple of minutes or after a couple of hours. There
is no pattern that I can tell. It usually does this after I click on my web
browser link, but it has happened when typing as well.

Can anyone figure out what is going on?

Brad
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Loose connection? Damaged cable? Bad electronics?

Until you find out what's wrong... What happens if you turn the monitor off
and then back on again? The reason that I ask is that plugging/unplugging
the monitor into a powered system is not very safe for the monitor or the
rest of the system.
 
I have the exact same problem, and so does my son. Both of us using legal
upgrades to XP. I think this is something to do with windows, since 3 of use
have this problem... I sure wish I could figure this out. I have been able to
get it to come back once or twice using Windows button +l and then tabbing
and enter to get it to come back...
 
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