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Lately my monitor has been becoming a problem. Info: Sony Viao I have been experiencing something ( I just call it this) called MONITOR DELAY. When I dont use the computer for a day (the interval) the monitor screen stays black even when the power button on the monitor is green. Also when the monitor is in a delayed state, I tried pressing it to turn it off, but the button still stays green and is jammed. I have to wait a couple of minutes(1-3 or even 4 minutes) for it to stop doing that. Thats when the screen goes back on( the picture FINALLY arrives) and it shows the log on screen for Windows XP. During the delay, I missed the Windows XP logo load and some other stuff that shows the trademarks. I recently changed my surge protector AFTER I have been expierencing this quickly. Anyone know what to do? Help would be appreciated. THx for reading.

Is this a laptop or a desktop? And also, if you know, what version is it?

Aggressor Prime wrote:Is this a laptop or a desktop? And also, if you know, what version is it?

Its a desktop. Windows XP Professional. One weird thing is that this only happens IF i dont use the pc for an extended period of time. If I turn the pc off and use it after like 15 minutes the monitor delay doesnt happen. Also it happens mostly when I unplug the surge protector after turning the pc off.

The monitor is getting old. Time to upgrade or start collecting info on your warrenty because this monitor isn't going to last much longer.

Its not old though. I think it might have been damaged because my surge was dead at the time. The damage probably was done by the time I replaced the surge.

Power surges don't happen that often anymore that are large enough to actually affect anything, although crap does happen sometimes. There is a chance that the monitor just dies though, I mean nothing is perfect...

Sorry but you are dead wrong about power surges, they happen quite often. I can put a power quality meter on any given line, even a power company dedicated feeder line, straight from the power generation station. The power quality meter will show me power fluctuations of + - 15%, as often as 3 to 4 times per hour. Power spikes of 30% can be recorded at least once per day, and I have even seen some higher at times. All it takes is a large motor started at some company anywhere on the grid, or a static charge (lightening). Use of a surge protector should be a given, and if you think they don't happen as often you should become more informed.

a surge suppressor only fixes 1/2 the problem the other 1/2 the time, youre not getting enough power, for that you need battery backup the objective is to get clean power, the only way to do that is to use battery backup

That may be what youve read off the internet, but have you actually ever hooked up a scope to a wall outlet and tested it for yourself? His power might be different, everyones is, just like I've only had 2 blackouts and one brownout in the last year and i had a transformer down the street blow up which was on my grid which didnt put anything across the line. I dont know where this came from but i will bet MY LIFE that a surge was not the problem with this monitor. And please dont say i dont know what im talking about, ive hooked a 450w ps up to 160vrms and it ran for almost 5 minutes before it started to smoke, so i dont think a 15 percent increase is going to affect it much.

Well comp90 I have finally been able to solve your problem with either of 2 options. 1. there is way to much crap hooked up to that breaker and now enough power is getting through to charge the CRT 2. the CRT is defective and might need replaced or repaired in someway--- please dont try this on your own, youll get killed.

I use power quality meter all the time, it's part of my job. A scope will not record power quality over a give time (yes scopes can record). What you see on a scope is a picture of what is happening over a given time, of say milli seconds, you are watching a waveform of say one-second duration. A power quality meter will detect and record abnormalities in power lines over hours or days depending on how it is set up. It is used to make recommendation to anyone who may have power critical operations, say servers,computer controlled machinery, large industrial sites. Ccb056 is also correct, many places that set up server banks will have backups (UPS) that not only protect them from a surge, but also will filter the power, and if a dip is detected over 120th of a sine wave the batteries will come online to prevent brownout cycles.

Hold on! Sry, iam not good in computers. But what exactly is a scope and a crt?

CRT is a cathode ray tube, what basically makes the picture on your monitor. a scope would take me an hour to explain, just go on google and search oscilloscope.

I have 2 options now. Take it to for repair or buy another one. Do any of you know big name shops (like circuit city or something) that take repairs at a cheap price( 50 bucks or below) from your own knowledge? If not Ill might as well have to buy another one and save some money for now. I have had it with computers breaking down. To let you guys know, I have isolated the problem to the monitor. Even with the computer off, I try turning on the monitor and the screen still delays for quite a while. I have changed wall outlets for the surge and the problem still remains. At least I know for sure now that its the monitor.

I would go for a new moniter, repairing one will cost you just as much as a new one. Check around in Sunday's adds you can find some good prices