Vista - Screen goes black for 5 seconds ...

03-18-2008

For the last 3 or 4 days I've noticed that out of the blue my display
goes black for 5 seconds or so, then comes back on again.

It isn't the monitor cutting out because when you turn it on the monitor
comes up with the input selection for a couple of seconds, so if it was
a monitor power issue it would say "Digital Display" when it came back on.

...... any ideas what could be doing this? It's not a major issue but
I'm afraid it'll go black and then not come back on again :-)

I'm running Vista Home Premium, 4 GIG ram ... spec's probably aren't too
important so I won't list everything.

03-18-2008

Isn't there anything you can tweak at the VGA driver? (Just an idea)

"Lukan" <dkfffdmnfmnkd@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> For the last 3 or 4 days I've noticed that out of the blue my display goes
> black for 5 seconds or so, then comes back on again.
>
> It isn't the monitor cutting out because when you turn it on the monitor
> comes up with the input selection for a couple of seconds, so if it was a
> monitor power issue it would say "Digital Display" when it came back on.
>
> ..... any ideas what could be doing this? It's not a major issue but I'm
> afraid it'll go black and then not come back on again :-)
>
> I'm running Vista Home Premium, 4 GIG ram ... spec's probably aren't too
> important so I won't list everything.
>

03-19-2008

Viktor Erdélyi wrote:

Quote:

> Isn't there anything you can tweak at the VGA driver? (Just an idea)

That didn't really make sense.

03-18-2008	#1 (permalink)
Lukan n/a posts	Screen goes black for 5 seconds ... For the last 3 or 4 days I've noticed that out of the blue my display goes black for 5 seconds or so, then comes back on again. It isn't the monitor cutting out because when you turn it on the monitor comes up with the input selection for a couple of seconds, so if it was a monitor power issue it would say "Digital Display" when it came back on. ...... any ideas what could be doing this? It's not a major issue but I'm afraid it'll go black and then not come back on again :-) I'm running Vista Home Premium, 4 GIG ram ... spec's probably aren't too important so I won't list everything.
My System Specs

03-18-2008	#2 (permalink)
Viktor Erdélyi n/a posts	Re: Screen goes black for 5 seconds ... Isn't there anything you can tweak at the VGA driver? (Just an idea) "Lukan" <dkfffdmnfmnkd@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:frp4f7$dg3$1@xxxxxx Quote: > For the last 3 or 4 days I've noticed that out of the blue my display goes > black for 5 seconds or so, then comes back on again. > > It isn't the monitor cutting out because when you turn it on the monitor > comes up with the input selection for a couple of seconds, so if it was a > monitor power issue it would say "Digital Display" when it came back on. > > ..... any ideas what could be doing this? It's not a major issue but I'm > afraid it'll go black and then not come back on again :-) > > I'm running Vista Home Premium, 4 GIG ram ... spec's probably aren't too > important so I won't list everything. >
My System Specs

03-19-2008	#3 (permalink)
Lukan n/a posts	Re: Screen goes black for 5 seconds ... Viktor Erdélyi wrote: Quote: > Isn't there anything you can tweak at the VGA driver? (Just an idea) That didn't really make sense.
My System Specs

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