Acer AL2216W Monitor: Blank Screen and Light Flickering: HELP!

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#1 Turtlecream
Member since 2009 • 226 Posts

Greetings,

I have had this monitor for a while and have not had any problems until now. My computer automatically turns the monitor off after one hour of inactivity and then the computer goes into sleep mode after three hours of inactivity. Once the monitor turns off, it is now very difficult for me to turn it back on.

When I try to turn it back on, the power light will turn orange for about one second, and then green, and then off. The screen will be completely blank and the light will continue to power on and then off every few seconds. Eventually, after about 5-20 minutes, the monitor will finally turn on and then work as normal.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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#2 zidace
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Sounds like your display driver isn't restarting as it should after sleep. Try downloading a different driver set for your video card, and see if that helps.
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#3 wikkedwhite
Member since 2010 • 25 Posts
mines does the same thing, took me about 30 mins just about now, my brother has the same monitor as us, and when i bring my monitor to his PC', about the same spec, it doesnt work. his monitor works on mines.....so...the monitor is spazzing out.. do you leave on the monitor when turning off the pc often?..maybe our monitor is dying out, its working like normal right now
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#4 wikkedwhite
Member since 2010 • 25 Posts
whelp, ive searched and this is what i came up with. http://www.techimo.com/forum/graphics-cards-displays/245226-acer-al2216w-frequently-will-flash-logo-off-startup.html