Monitor turns on every other time

konman795 · Oct 22, 2009, 11:53 PM

Hi guys,

My first time posting here, it is an honor to join the community!

Anyways onto my problem. My monitor like the question states, only turns on every other time I power on my computer. I have no idea what the problem is, I've reformatted several times now so i know it isn't a driver issue.

When I restart my computer, the monitor stays black but everything is still loading and progressing, just no image. When I shut down properly from within Windows and turn it back on, same problem. However, after I force shut down while the computer is on with the blank monitor and then turn my computer back on, the monitor starts working again. What could be causing this?

Monitor is a Hanns G HH251 25" 1920x1080 (I am plugged into my video card via DVI and it converts to hdmi)
AMD Phenom X4 II 955 BE
4 GB G-Skill DDR1600 RAM
Sapphire 4890 1GB Vapor-X
300GB Velociraptor
Asus AM3 Mobo
700 Watt Thermaltake PSU

troyrae360 · Oct 22, 2009, 11:58 PM

Hi, and Welcome

you could try reseating the graphics card, also try the other dvi out port on the graphics card

Also you should mention what brand and model the screen is

konman795 · Oct 23, 2009, 12:07 AM

I only have one DVI port, the other ports are vga and hdmi,

but i will definitely try reseating the video card!

konman795 · Oct 23, 2009, 12:36 AM

I tried reseating the video card and no luck

anything else i can try?

p_o_s_pc · Oct 23, 2009, 12:43 AM

maybe the adapter to the monitor is going bad

konman795 · Oct 23, 2009, 01:21 AM

I guess I'll try getting a new cable then. Should I just go hdmi to hdmi since my video card can do that? or should I stick with dvi-hdmit like I have right now?

konman795 · Oct 23, 2009, 01:31 AM

oh wow! I think I just figured it out guys, It might have been the forced RAM timings I set in my bios because I just did a load system default and now everything is fine. Thanks for your help anyways!

p_o_s_pc · Oct 23, 2009, 02:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by konman795

oh wow! I think I just figured it out guys, It might have been the forced RAM timings I set in my bios because I just did a load system default and now everything is fine. Thanks for your help anyways!

thats strange but good you got it working

qubit · Oct 23, 2009, 02:18 AM

Has the original post 1 been deleted? It looks like p_o_s_pc is replying to konman795 in this post 1.

p_o_s_pc · Oct 23, 2009, 02:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by qubit

Has the original post 1 been deleted? It looks like p_o_s_pc is replying to konman795 in this post 1.

I think so it confused me when i looked at the thread but i didn't bother to think much about it

sneekypeet · Oct 23, 2009, 02:40 AM

spam police had removed the post due to repeating words, please wait for an admin to address it.

Seems issue is solved anyways so little help the OP is now

Oct 22, 2009, 11:53 PM	#1
konman795 Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 11 (0.01/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Monitor turns on every other time Hi guys, My first time posting here, it is an honor to join the community! Anyways onto my problem. My monitor like the question states, only turns on every other time I power on my computer. I have no idea what the problem is, I've reformatted several times now so i know it isn't a driver issue. When I restart my computer, the monitor stays black but everything is still loading and progressing, just no image. When I shut down properly from within Windows and turn it back on, same problem. However, after I force shut down while the computer is on with the blank monitor and then turn my computer back on, the monitor starts working again. What could be causing this? Monitor is a Hanns G HH251 25" 1920x1080 (I am plugged into my video card via DVI and it converts to hdmi) AMD Phenom X4 II 955 BE 4 GB G-Skill DDR1600 RAM Sapphire 4890 1GB Vapor-X 300GB Velociraptor Asus AM3 Mobo 700 Watt Thermaltake PSU Last edited by konman795; Oct 23, 2009 at 12:06 AM.

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Oct 23, 2009, 12:43 AM	#5
p_o_s_pc F@H&WCG addict Join Date: May 2007 Location: Newark ohio Posts: 9,916 (4.43/day) Thanks: 3,158 Thanked 2,215 Times in 1,685 Posts System Specs	maybe the adapter to the monitor is going bad __________________ crunching for TPU on 30 CPU Threads + 688 Cuda cores More to come

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Oct 22, 2009, 11:58 PM	#2
troyrae360 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Christchurch New Zealand Posts: 1,065 (0.67/day) Thanks: 123 Thanked 137 Times in 113 Posts System Specs	Hi, and Welcome you could try reseating the graphics card, also try the other dvi out port on the graphics card Also you should mention what brand and model the screen is

Oct 23, 2009, 12:07 AM	#3
konman795 Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 11 (0.01/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I only have one DVI port, the other ports are vga and hdmi, but i will definitely try reseating the video card!

Oct 23, 2009, 12:36 AM	#4
konman795 Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 11 (0.01/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I tried reseating the video card and no luck anything else i can try?

Oct 23, 2009, 01:21 AM	#6
konman795 Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 11 (0.01/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I guess I'll try getting a new cable then. Should I just go hdmi to hdmi since my video card can do that? or should I stick with dvi-hdmit like I have right now?

Oct 23, 2009, 01:31 AM	#7
konman795 Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 11 (0.01/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	oh wow! I think I just figured it out guys, It might have been the forced RAM timings I set in my bios because I just did a load system default and now everything is fine. Thanks for your help anyways!

Oct 23, 2009, 02:18 AM	#9
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