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Going to Sleep

The power supply to our PC (eMachine) recently died (our outside powerline was hit by lightning - which also blew the PC surge protector). We replaced the PC power supply (ourselves) and now the (F1903) monitor states "Going to Sleep" and goes into a power saver mode (solid amber light) almost immediately upon being turned on. If I'm fast enough, when it first comes on I can hit the Menu button on the monitor and see the menu, but it quickly goes back to "Going to Sleep" again.

We've tried unplugging (power) and re-plugging. We've connected the montior into a laptop and gotten same results. We've replaced the monitor cable and gotten a "Check Video Cable" message. After plugging the monitor into another computer (laptop) we've got the same message.

The monitor is out of the warranty period.

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  • Anonymous Nov 07, 2007

    I have the same problem it sucks!

    I called hp and they told me I can buy a waranty for 279$ if I want them to look at it because I bought it 18 months ago

  • nawal-123 Nov 14, 2007

    I have an HP Pavilion a1730n with an HP vs19e monitor that keeps locking up the monitor goes black but I think the processor stay running. The only way to get it back is by unplugging the system. I have window Vista and this problem is not consisting but it happens at least once a day and it is very irritating to get it to run again.

  • aaha Jan 01, 2008

    i have the same problem. Monitor going to sleep.

  • Anonymous May 03, 2008

    pc says monitor going to sleep

  • Anonymous May 03, 2008

    monitor says going to sleep

  • libbylee May 22, 2008

    Having the same problem. I tried to boot using the safe mode. At this time, the screen goes crazy with lines and funny colors.

  • Anonymous Jun 10, 2008

    yes, not sure what started it. went to turn it on one morning and i got the same message. then the pc started running hard and constant. i shut down the whole systems power supply for about 15 minutes . it takes a while but finally got back working.if i shut down the computer i have the same problem each time. i have a hp compac presario.

  • Anonymous Jul 10, 2008

    The same stupid problem... 

  • stephanierae May 18, 2009

    i have the same problem, monitor says going to sleep

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Due to the power surge, it is highly possible that the monitor was given a boot by your computer on it's way out.

This will short out a very small transistor inside the monitor on the video board and in turn, then monitor cannot see that there is a signal so goes to sleep.

If you get brave enough to venture inside the screen, then check near the cable input. The transistors are only around 3mm and have 3 legs (two one side and one in the middle on the other).

If you find anything like that burnt (get a magnifying glass) then replacing the board is the easiest option. Just don't be tempted to wipe the board before you look at everything very closely, you may wipe away the tiny bit of evidence you are looking for.

Hope it helps =)

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