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Computer Screen not communicating with PC

01 May 2012 00:06:15 PDT

I have a Samsung monitor connected to my PC and from time to time it will freeze up. When I shut everything down someti ...

13 May 2012 11:19:55 PDT

I had something similar happen with a Samsung Syncmaster (though it was a couple years old). The screen would be black, ...

01 May 2012 10:41:41 PDT

My computer used to do similar things. Randomly the computer would go Idle, and the screen would just go blank. I ende ...

01 May 2012 14:15:29 PDT

Yeah that's what's happening here - my computer screen will just go blank or it will freeze. It may not happen for days ...

01 May 2012 14:17:43 PDT

I've found such machines to usually suffer from heat or power issues. I'd ask the maker to check this out.
Bob ...

02 May 2012 03:37:09 PDT

No overheating here. My IT friend who checked it out was amazed how cool it runs. There's quite a few fans in it.

02 May 2012 06:29:49 PDT

Just because there are fans doesn't mean there is adequate air flow. One part of the computer might be perfectly fine, e ...

12 May 2012 18:05:49 PDT

I am thinking if it was an overheating issue then I would be able to turn the computer on first thing in the morning and ...

02 May 2012 09:27:46 PDT

If there's a lesson here, simple machines are easier than complex ones.
Bob ...

01 May 2012 07:55:39 PDT

This sounds more like a PC issue. But there are folk that want the monitor to be the fault.
Bob ...

01 May 2012 05:48:20 PDT

The good news is that from what you describe, it's not the monitor. The bad news is, you didn't provide enough details t ...