Asus monitor keeps shutting off

[strep3241]

I have an Asus 19" VW193 monitor and having issues with it. I use this as a secondary monitor on a desktop and it will not stay on. It will come on but shuts off after about 15 seconds or so and the power light stays blue, doesn't turn yellow like it's going into sleep mode. Before it shuts off, it will start to flicker.

I am using an AMD HD5870 video card and tried reinstalling drivers with no luck. When I go into the display settings, if I change the resolution, it will come back on but just for a few seconds and shuts off again.

I am using a vga cable for this and am using a dvi to vga adapter hooked up to the video card. I have also tried using a dvi cable since this monitor does have a dvi connection and the same thing happens.

Now this is what I don't get. I hooked this monitor up to a laptop via vga cable and it never shut off but it still flickers. If the monitor is going bad, why would it work on a laptop? My main 24" monitor has no issues at all on the desktop which makes me think it's not the video card

 

[EXCellR8]

it's most likely a driver and/or display or power saving settings issue... I see it all the time. depending on your GPU, the video signal could be altered by software and thus resulting in some unwanted effects.

i would uninstall display drivers the normal way and then run DDU in safe mode. then, do a clean install of the latest legacy drivers for the card.

 

[strep3241]

it's most likely a driver and/or display or power saving settings issue... I see it all the time. depending on your GPU, the video signal could be altered by software and thus resulting in some unwanted effects.

i would uninstall display drivers the normal way and then run DDU in safe mode. then, do a clean install of the latest legacy drivers for the card.

I did all that and still not made any difference. Monitor still shuts down after a few seconds.

 

[EXCellR8]

is the system recognizing that two monitors are being connected? the laptop should automatically switch to external display unless you specify that you want to extend the desktop etc. also, can you use just the smaller monitor and get into the system BIOS?

 

[strep3241]

Yes the desktop recognizes both monitors. And just to clarify something, when hooked up to the laptop, it works fine. I did not change any settings on it, it just showed the desktop on both the laptop screen and asus monitor.

I have not tried going into the bios with it hooked up to the desktop pc. But even with it hooked up as a main on the desktop pc, it still keeps shutting off. I will try to go into the bios with it and see what happens. EDIT: I am able to get into the bios with it but it still keeps shutting off. Also tried this with no other monitors hooked up.

Starting to worry that there is something else going wrong with my desktop pc. The specs of desktop are in my sig.

EDIT: I think it's safe to say the monitor is bad. I hooked it up to another desktop and it does the same thing, shuts off after a few seconds using different cables. Also hooked it up to the laptop again, and same thing again. Not sure why it never shut off the first time I hooked it up to the laptop.

Now in general are monitors worth trying to get fixed? Guessing that is a no except maybe on the higher end monitors. And what to do with old electronic stuff? Do you have to take them to a certain place?

 

[eek2121]

Did you check the cable? A crap cable can cause this. Also, certain KVMs, etc. I had this issue on my acer and it was driving me nuts. It ended up being a flaky cable.

 

[strep3241]

Did you check the cable? A crap cable can cause this. Also, certain KVMs, etc. I had this issue on my acer and it was driving me nuts. It ended up being a flaky cable.

Yes, I tried different cables and same results

 

[eek2121]

Then test it on another PC, if it still does it, RMA it, or if it's out of warranty, get a new one.