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Monitor not staying on

Hocky27Hocky27 Registered User regular
edited June 2007 in Help / Advice Forum
It seems that evertime i turn on my computer and monitor the monitor will work for 5 secs then go black, turning it off and then on fixes this problem but only for another 5 secs. I have to do this about 5 + times until the monitor just remains on.

Any idea what the problem is ?

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  • ElectricTurtleElectricTurtle Seeress WARegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    If this is a CRT, you might have a bad relay. Ever since Energy Star certified CRTs became the defacto standard, there has been a relay on the main power to the tube that detects when there is and is not a signal and accordingly shuts down the tube. However, because relays by design are electromagnets that determine switch state, when those electromagnets weaken the switch state becomes unreliable.

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  • Hocky27Hocky27 Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Sorry for not clarifying, its an LCD.

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