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2nd Screen not Starting immediately

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  1. 2018/03/02
    Dingus

    Dingus Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Hi folks.
    I installed a second screen to my PC. It has been working fine for a couple of months now without any issues.
    Recently though it won't come off screen saver when I goto my PC. The first one works fine but the second one flashes for about 5 minutes (varies). When It finally starts it stays on as it should.

    Can anyone help?
     
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    Bill

    Bill SuperGeek WindowsBBS Team Member

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    Make sure cables are tightly connected. If so, then swap cables on monitor and see if the problem moves with the cable, or stays with the same monitor.
     
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    Dingus

    Dingus Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Bill did as you said and the fault stayed with the monitor. Think I'll update the driver.
     
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    As both monitors are fed from the graphics card I would look at updating the drivers or re-installing the card. You could also try switching the monitors around in Display Properties and see if the issue is reproduced on the 'new' secondary monitor.
     

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    Bill

    Bill SuperGeek WindowsBBS Team Member

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    Since it used to work fine, and since the problem stayed with monitor when you swapped cables, that points to a bad monitor.

    Drivers don't suddenly go bad so I fail to see how it could be that. If you want to be certain, put that suspect monitor on another computer and see what happens.
     
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    Dingus

    Dingus Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Thanks Bill. I'd come to that conclusion also.
    Need to dig out my other PC.

    Cheers for now.
     
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