My monitor is black but i can still see the desktop somewhat. what could be wrong with it?

It sounds like the resolution is set wrong. Go to the minimum and see if that solves the problem. If so keep working up.

Your monitor is going bad or your video card is going bad. Try using another monitor on the computer to isolate the problem. Borrow a monitor from a neighbor, friend, relative or co-worker and see if you can barely see the icons and desktop on it. If the borrowed monitor is bright and clear and you can see things ok, then your original monitor is going bad. If the borrowed monitor shows the same problem of barely being able to see things, then your video card in the computer is bad.

Sorry to read about your problem, I hope this helps you out.

their is no reset for the monitor. you can try and take a monitor to a friends, and see if it does the same thing, this will help you tell if its the pc or monitor.

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first check your screen and verify if your monitor is problem. you can use known good monitor to verify.
Second, check your VGA cards. you might want to reinstall VGA cards drivers. If you know the brands you might be able to download your driver here.

It is possible that you can adjust your refresh rate. You may need another monitor to set the rate.

You may also be able to boot into safe mode. Try pressing F8 as soon as the system completes the POST (if you can see it). From safe mode, you can adjust the rate.

Can you get anything from the monitor without connecting to a computer? You should try to reset the monitor to its default settings.

You may have capacitor failure (bulging or leaking) in the power supply (very common problems in ALL monitors), failed transistors or transformers in the back light inverter circuits, or bad lamps due to poor solder connections, poor solder joints on PCB. You need to open it up and look inside, post back what you see so we can guide you further. See example of failed monitors for guide: http://s807.photobucket.com/home/budm/allalbums

i just had this problem today....in my case the monitor s how straight pattern of vertical line. i already tried to used my laptop plug to monitor and its works. therefore is not monitor issue.....i'm thinking is the video card.

p.s - last week i just replaced a new PSU...could that be the problem?

nice meeting u pmulory ,first of all if your monitor is LCD its may be problem in mother board so please check it once and if it is CRT keep the monitor away from magnetic items and high electrical items like woofer,speakers,UPS etc due to that problem will occur ,yet your problem is not solved its better to change the monitor.

when i start up my computer i can hear the sound of the welcome screen and desktop but the monitor remains black with stand by orange light but when i make restart it works normal.

Hi, A common problem to LCD displays. If you can somehow still see the desktop (...barely see the picture ...) then chances are that you have a backlight problem. This may either be the light itself which is a thin florescent lamp (CCF) or the inverter that powers it. Hope this be of some help/idea. Post back should you need additional information. Good luck and kind regards.