Monitor Randomly Goes Black
Hello all, first post. I searched but couldn't find this issue.
I've been experiencing a problem where my monitor will randomly go black for no reason at all.
The light on the monitor will stay green, and if I turn the monitor off and on, all will be back to normal.
But then seemingly randomly it will happen again. This can happen while the PC is in use, or even if it's just sitting there (no one's working on it).
I've switched out the Monitor and the Video Card, to no avail.
Here's my setup:
Windows XP Home (SP1--all the latest updates)
ASUS P4P800 Deluxe MB
P4 2.8GHZ
1 Gig or Corsair RAM
ASUS ATI Radeon 9600XT Video Card
2 200GB SATA Drives set up in a 400GB RAID0 Array
I recently reinstalled windows - didn't fix it. I've also made sure all the drivers are up to date. No conflicts in Device Manager.
Oh, one thing: this whole problem happened when I installed the SATA RAID array (using the Intel Application Accelerator). But since I also reinstalled the OS at the same time, I think some driver issue could also be causing it.
Looking for some assistance...thanks.
Adam
Monitor Randomly Goes Black
I am having the same problem on two different computers. The only thing that is the same on both machines is the ATI Graphics card. I am using the latest ATI Drivers and Windows XP is up to date on all its updates.
The strange thing is - When the screen go black and the power light stays green even rebooting does not help get the picture back. The power light will cycle from green to yellow during the reboot, but does not even show the bios info. - totally black screen. I just wait for it to magically reappear which can take minutes to hours.
I thought it might be the monitors - but two different monitors going bad at the same time with the same symtoms. I went out and bought a new one anyway and still the same problem.
These are (well..... were) stable older machines (PIII 1G, 1G Ram) and no new hardware has been added in awhile. The only new things would be windows updates and drivers...... My guess would something to do with the ATI Graphic Card's drivers....
Any thoughts......