Oddly enough that is the exact resolution the computer is set for in the "Display" settings and always has been while using the monitor for the past several years.
More of the situation since I posted the problem yesterday: I unplugged the monitor cable input from the Widescreen TV back to Gateway monitor. Again, no signal was detected for several minutes ... then after about 4-5 minutes, the Gateway Signal Detected notification came up just like it was doing when the problem began and the monitor came back on ... only this time, it didn't blink off and it stayed on. Since I was able to now see the monitor's Menu and Settings, I set everything back to DEFAULT. All evening, I used the computer & monitor for 10-12 hours not experiencing any blinking off problems whatsoever. Then eventually it was time to cut the monitor off. I was fully expecting the usual delay problem to occur ... only it didn't. I clicked the Power button for the monitor to cut on and it did so without any problem whatsoever. I clicked the monitor off and on several times and the Gateway detection signal came on every time without any delays. So I suppose setting everything back to the monitor's default settings solved the problem. It's possible that what originally caused the problem was being one of the 5 buttons on the side could have been pressed accidentally which readjusted a setting or something. We'll see. Thanks for your help though. If the problem returns, I'll post more on it but so far adjusting the settings back to "default" seems to have solved the problem. :) On Sep 24, 5:41 am, Mohammad AbuShady <coalwat...@gmail.com> wrote: > since have another screen to use, i would hook it there then reduce the > resolution to something like 1024x786 then apply, if the screen starts > working then the problem is simply an out of range resolution, after that u > can go with the resolution step by step up till u find your screen's optimal > resolution. > try it and tell us if it works. > > On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 1:01 AM, JustAFan <justispr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > For the past few weeks, I've had a problem with my monitor (Gateway > > FPD1975W TFT LCD Monitor HD Display) experiencing a long delay before > > cutting on. It would take forever for it to read "Gateway Signal > > Detected" then finally cut on and work fine until the next time I cut > > it off again. Then the same thing would repeat. > > > Only today, the problem got worse. When after another long delay, a > > signal finally reached for the monitor to cut on, it came on with a > > beautiful picture display as ever but only for a few seconds then go > > black again. I unplugged the monitor's AC power chord, then replugged > > it back in and the signal would instantly get detected again with the > > monitor cutting on with a beautiful display as ever but only for a few > > seconds then cut back off again. > > > I thought perhaps there was something in the PC causing this so I > > unplugged the monitor's VGA cable from the back of the PC and plugged > > the cable into another PC and the exact same thing happened on the > > other computer as well. > > > So using the exact same monitor VGA cable, I hooked my computer up to > > my Widescreen TV (since it has a VGA input) and now I can see what I > > am doing on the computer while using the TV as a display. > > > But the monitor is sitting useless. > > > Any idea what is going on? Is the life of this monitor over and > > gone? Why is it that I can see a beautiful picture just for a few > > seconds when a signal is detected then nothing? > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Computer Tech Support" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > computer-tech-support@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > computer-tech-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Computer Tech Support" group. To post to this group, send email to computer-tech-support@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to computer-tech-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en.
