Monitor or Video card or something else
By arvintot
@arvintot (401)
Philippines
January 5, 2010 10:19am CST
Well last saturday was not good at all...Our computer is not running..it runs but when we will log-in to our account the monitor will suddenly turn off in his own like their is no power... but sometimes its different... well when we open our computer it will not load or I dont know what do you call that... "it will suppose to show the logo of windows xp loading but it does not do it any the monitor just turns black and the monitor is still running at the cpu is reading something. I tried waiting it but nothing happened it is still black after 15 mins...what happened to our computer? is our monitor broken or is the video card broken or something else...
"Sometimes the title bar of the log-in thread it not good... its like the graphic or colors are wrong and some letters are missing when it still loading..."
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5 responses
@ratyz5 (7808)
• Philippines
5 Jan 10
If your CPU is still running and the Monitor is somewhat, just in stand-by, its probably your video card that has a problem. Check if the exhaust fan of the video card is still spinning well or better yet, have the whole computer checked just to make sure which part is actually not working. Who knows, maybe the CPU has no problem after all and the part at fault is actually the monitor? 
@ratyz5 (7808)
• Philippines
5 Jan 10
Well, if you are not really sure and perhaps, 'checking it' yourself might make the problem worse, you might as well consult a technician.
One time, our computer simply didn't work at all and we went to the computer shop to have it diagnosed. They found out that not only the video card had a problem but, also the fan the processor was not securely atteched so we ended up buying a new video card as well as a new fan for the processor.. 
@gohan2091 (544)
•
5 Jan 10
I had a similar problem once when I upgraded my graphics card drivers but the problem could be cause by monitor too (more likely to be graphics card).
What I want you to do is boot in safe mode. Do you know how to do this? From memory, I think you have to tap F8 after the first POST screen (when you first turn on the PC). Select Safe Mode if it asks.
@Fulltank (2882)
• Philippines
5 Jan 10
If the above advices does not fix the problem, check for viruses and sweep them thoroughly. Sometimes, viruses causes damage to your OS and the bad thing is that our anti-virus programs does not detect them. If no viruses really is detected, then back-up your files and try to re-install your OS or better yet, reformat your hard drives and re-install your OS.
@magtibaygom (4858)
• Philippines
7 Jan 10
It's a monitor problem. You now have a defective monitor. You need to replace it with a new one. Monitor prices nowadays is very affordable, you may replace your defective monitor now with a better one.
