Monitor Turns Different Colors and then Goes Black

Summary

How to fix a monitor that goes black

Body

Issue/Question

Monitor turns different colors

Monitor goes black

Monitors going down

Screen would lockout and go black

Environment

  • Monitor

Cause

Unknown cause

Resolution

  1. Turn off the monitor
  2. Disconnect and reconnect the power and video cords form the monitor and computer
  3. Restart the monitor
  4. Reboot the computer
  5. Replace the video cord from the monitor to the computer
  6. If the monitor is still not working correctly, please contact the Service Desk

 

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  1. Follow article Troubleshooting Monitor Issues

Details

Details

Article ID: 837
Created
Thu 10/11/18 10:37 AM
Modified
Tue 10/5/21 5:18 PM
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