TroutBum4wt Posted September 4, 2009 Posted September 4, 2009 My PCs screen goes black after not in use for a while. I move the mouse, but nothing. There's a very slight green lines going across the top. I have to restart it. It does fine after this until you leave the computer alone for a while. Does anyone have idea what this is? My plan is to take it the Branson Best Buy. "Where There Are Trout, There's Hope" - John Gierach
Thom Posted September 4, 2009 Posted September 4, 2009 My PCs screen goes black after not in use for a while. I move the mouse, but nothing. There's a very slight green lines going across the top. I have to restart it. It does fine after this until you leave the computer alone for a while. Does anyone have idea what this is? My plan is to take it the Branson Best Buy. YOu might want to tweak your power options: Go to my computer from the start menu, then select power options, when you get to power options in the first settings set hibrenate to never by clicking on the drop down menum, then go to the hybernate tab and make sure that hibernate does not have a check in the box. Also try degausing your screen next time it does that. there should be a button on your moniter that is marked degauss. I have had screens scrambled after downloads and just degaused the screen and it solved the problem. Thom Harvengt
strangercreek Posted September 9, 2009 Posted September 9, 2009 Definitely check what Tom said above. If you have a line on the monitor, then it could be the unit itself or the video card in the PC. It could also be the video cable, not as likely. Do you have another monitor you can plug in and try? However if you don't want to mess with it, I think Best Buy will give you a diagnosis pretty reasonably. Does the PC have a warranty of any kind?
Terry Beeson Posted September 9, 2009 Posted September 9, 2009 First question... Are we talking CRT or flatscreen/plasma? If it is a CRT, then it could be the tube is going out if none of the settings have been changed. Thom and Jason's suggestions are good, but there are several other things to look at if it's not these. Geek Squad is pretty good, but have a teenage neighbor look at it first and save some money... LOL TIGHT LINES, YA'LL "There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process." - Paul O’Neil
Buzz Posted September 11, 2009 Posted September 11, 2009 First question... Are we talking CRT or flatscreen/plasma? If it is a CRT, then it could be the tube is going out if none of the settings have been changed. Thom and Jason's suggestions are good, but there are several other things to look at if it's not these. Geek Squad is pretty good, but have a teenage neighbor look at it first and save some money... LOL This reminds me of a joke I got the other day................ Subject: error I was having trouble with my computer. So I called Richard, the 11 year old next door whose bedroom looks like Mission Control, and asked him to come over. Richard clicked a couple of buttons and solved the problem. As he was walking away, I called after him, 'So, what was wrong? He replied, 'It was an ID ten T error.' I didn't want to appear stupid, but nonetheless inquired, 'An, ID ten T error? What's that? In case I need to fix it again.' Richard grinned. 'Haven't you ever heard of an ID ten T error before?'' No,' I replied. 'Write it down,' he said, 'and I think you'll figure it out.' So I wrote down: I D 1 0 T I used to like the little turd.... If fishing was easy it would be called catching.
Samkam1 Posted September 11, 2009 Posted September 11, 2009 lol that is part of the computer technician "language"....ID10T error. We run into those errors a LOT in my line of work
Terry Beeson Posted September 11, 2009 Posted September 11, 2009 Along with a lot of "loose nut between the chair and the keyboard" errors... Where do you work, Sam? TIGHT LINES, YA'LL "There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process." - Paul O’Neil
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