Monitor on re-boot

the-bullet · 03-15-2003, 12:35 AM

Hi all. I have a question that either may not have an answer, or may be embarrassingly obvious. Here goes : on reboot before the POST my monitor switches off then on quickly (once). However, before I upgraded my graphics card to the radeon 9700 pro I used a Geforce3 card, and on reboot the monitor stayed on during this process. My worries are that the off/on switching may stress components in my monitor, and so is there a setting or method to control this. My OS is XP home, and although rebooting is not so neccessary now with this OS, there are times when you need to re-start several times in succession (new hardware,re-install of windows etc.). my monitor is a 19" Sony E400.
thanks

CAD · 03-15-2003, 02:33 PM

mine does the same with an LG 995e, and I never considered it as a problem, just accepted it as part of the boot process. I think it did the same with my gf4.

anyway not really any advice for you, just confirming that it happens to others.

Cogar · 03-15-2003, 03:51 PM

Although annoying, that is normal behavior. You can see a more severe version of the same issue here (link).

Separately, although the image is going off, you are not cycling the monitor's power supply as you would when you turn the monitor off. For example, even going into sleep mode should not hurt a monitor at all.

the-bullet · 03-15-2003, 09:10 PM

Ok Great .Thanks for the replies guys.

03-15-2003, 12:35 AM	#1
the-bullet Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: UK Posts: 6	Monitor on re-boot Hi all. I have a question that either may not have an answer, or may be embarrassingly obvious. Here goes : on reboot before the POST my monitor switches off then on quickly (once). However, before I upgraded my graphics card to the radeon 9700 pro I used a Geforce3 card, and on reboot the monitor stayed on during this process. My worries are that the off/on switching may stress components in my monitor, and so is there a setting or method to control this. My OS is XP home, and although rebooting is not so neccessary now with this OS, there are times when you need to re-start several times in succession (new hardware,re-install of windows etc.). my monitor is a 19" Sony E400. thanks __________________ P4 2.6 Asus P4T-E 512Mb RDRam Hercules Prophet 9700 pro
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03-15-2003, 02:33 PM	#2
CAD Expert @ Break'n & Burn'n Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: USA Posts: 815	mine does the same with an LG 995e, and I never considered it as a problem, just accepted it as part of the boot process. I think it did the same with my gf4. anyway not really any advice for you, just confirming that it happens to others. __________________ Ctrl Alt Delete
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03-15-2003, 03:51 PM	#3
Cogar Level 16, lawful good Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: It varies, but usually within 100 yards of a keyboard. Posts: 7,284	Although annoying, that is normal behavior. You can see a more severe version of the same issue here (link). Separately, although the image is going off, you are not cycling the monitor's power supply as you would when you turn the monitor off. For example, even going into sleep mode should not hurt a monitor at all.
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03-15-2003, 09:10 PM	#4
the-bullet Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: UK Posts: 6	Ok Great .Thanks for the replies guys. __________________ P4 2.6 Asus P4T-E 512Mb RDRam Hercules Prophet 9700 pro
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