indicator on the monitor blinking at 1 second intervals?

restore the image on the screen.

If there is still no image, press the 'SOURCE' button. Then press any key on the keyboard again to activate the monitor and restore the image on the screen.

 

Connected using

You may get a blank screen if you boot the system before

 

the DVI cable?

you connect the DVI cable, or disconnect and then

 

 

reconnect the DVI cable while the system is running as

 

 

certain types of graphic cards do not send out video

 

 

signals.

 

 

Connect the DVI cable and then reboot the system.

I cannot see the

Have you locked

Unlock the OSD by pressing the [MENU / ] button for at

On Screen

the On Screen

least 5 seconds.

Display.

Display (OSD)

 

 

Menu to prevent

 

 

changes?

 

The screen shows

Is the screen

Check the signal cable connection.

strange colors or

displaying only one

 

just black and

color as if looking at

Make sure the video card is fully inserted in it's slot.

white.

the screen through

 

 

a cellophane

 

 

paper?

 

 

Have the screen

Reboot the computer.

 

colors become

 

 

strange after

 

 

running a program

 

 

or due to a crash

 

 

between

 

 

applications?

 

 

Has the video card

Set the video card by referring to the video card manual.

 

been set properly?

 

The screen

Have you changed

Adjust screen image position and size using the OSD.

suddenly has

the video card or

 

become

the driver?

 

unbalanced.

 

 

 

Have you adjusted

Adjust the resolution and frequency at the video card.

 

the resolution or

(Refer to the Preset Timing Modes).

 

frequency to the

 

 

monitor?

 

 

The screen can be unbalanced due to the cycle of the video card signals.

 

Readjust Position by referring to the OSD.

The screen is out

Have you adjusted

Adjust the resolution and frequency of the video card.

of focus or OSD

the resolution or

(Refer to the Preset Timing Modes).

cannot be

frequency on the

 

adjusted.

monitor?

 

LED is blinking but

Is the frequency

Adjust the frequency properly by referring to the video

no images on the

properly adjusted

card manual and the Preset Timing Modes.

screen.

when checking the

(The maximum frequency per resolution may differ from

 

Display Timing on

product to product.)

 

the menu?

 

There are only 16

Have the Windows

Windows XP :

colors shown on

colors been set

Set the resolution at the Control Panel → Appearance

the screen. The

properly?

and Themes → Display → Settings.

screen colors have

 

 

changed after

 

Windows ME/2000 :

changing the video

 

Set the resolution at the Control Panel → Display →

card.

 

Settings.

 

Has the video card

Set the video card by referring to the video card manual.

 

been set properly?

 

There is a

Have you installed

Install the monitor driver according to the Driver

message that

the monitor driver?

Installation Instructions.

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