Monitor Unexpectedly Turns Off

Monitor Problem Poll

  • 1. Monitor going bad

    Votes: 1 100.0%
  • 2. Loose/bad connection between video card, cable connecting to video card from monitor, or cable co

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 3. Video Card going bad or overheating, as well as a loose connection on motherboard.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 4. Other

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    1

crinzema

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My monitor has had a couple of cases where it turns off unexpectedly when I am actively using it. There is no box that hovers around the screen showing that it has disconnected from the computer. When this occurs, I turn off my monitor, then turn it back on again. The monitor stays on for another 2-3 seconds than goes blank again. This last time this has occurred, I let my monitor stay off for about 2 minutes. I am now able to use the monitor with no problem. I've researched this and people say there is 1 of 3 possibilities.

1. Monitor going bad
2. Loose/bad connection between video card, cable connecting to video card from monitor, or cable connecting to monitor.
3. Video Card going bad or overheating, as well as a loose connection on motherboard.

I've made sure the connections are tight, and I've tortured tested my gpu and psu running BF3 on max settings. None of this replicates this problem. My question is this. Is my monitor going bad?
 

crinzema

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CPU: I5-2500k
MOBO: MSI P67A-G43 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
RAM: G.SKILL Value Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBNT
GRAPHICS: Galaxy 56NGH6HS4IXZ GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) GC 1GB 256-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16
PSU: Thermaltake TR2 W0388RU 600W ATX 12V v2.2
OS: Windows 8
Screen model Dell's 22-inch E228WFP
Screen resolution: 1680x1050
 
Now what I'm curious about is this say you connect your computer to a tv or another monitor does this still happen.

To me it sounds like the monitor is going bad. Well as long as what I said above is still current.

You can check your GPU temps with things like msi afterburner.
 

efngn

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I would do what he said. But also, take out your GPU and plug in the output cable in your mobo. If it functions properly, then it's your GPU.