Troubleshooting
Symptom | Check List | Solutions |
No image on the | Do you see the “Check Signal Cable” | Check the video connection from |
screen | message on screen? | the monitor to the computer. |
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| If running Windows and the computer | If you see the initial screens, then |
| power is on, reboot the computer and | the image goes dark, the computer |
| watch for the initial boot and windows | may be set to an incompatible reso- |
| screen. | lution. Reboot the computer in safe |
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| mode and set the resolution and |
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| refresh rate of the graphics card to |
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| a compatible resolution |
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| Do you see the “Not Optimum Mode, | This message displays when the |
| Recommended Mode 1280 x 1024 | signal from the computer exceeds |
| 60 Hz” message? | the maximum resolution and fre- |
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| quency that the monitor can handle. |
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| (> 1280 x 1024 resolution or > 75 |
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| Hz refresh rate) |
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| Adjust the computer to a compatible |
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| resolution and refresh rate. |
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| There is no image on the screen and | The monitor is in Power Saver |
| the power LED is blinking at 1 second | mode. |
| intervals. |
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| Press a key on the keyboard to ac- |
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| tivate the monitor and restore the |
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| image on the screen. |
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The screen | Is the screen tinted to one color as if | This occurs if not all signal cable |
shows strange | looking at the screen through cello- | connectors are making contact. |
colors or dis- | phane paper? | Check the signal cable connection. |
plays in black |
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and white |
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