I have a 19" flat screen monitor and when I reactivate after hibernation, the blue light flashes and nothing happens, or after several switch/switch offs I get a picture which then fades to white, I then switch on and off several more time and on it comes - perfect. Is this the monitor or the PC

Stephen Murray, December 2007

My moniter does the something. My uncle insisted that it was caused by viruses and recommended me to do a virus scan which I did so many times since the start of the problem.
And guess what? my moniter is only 2 years old. If eventually this thing breaks down, I just gonna go ahead to buy a new one. I dun even know whether my monitor is out of warranty or not ?__?

EGLC, September 2008

I have found this answer on another website...
Kris;
This is common with LCD monitors, as they age the matrix can fail. This is not a problem with the LCD it's self, but the circuit that drives it. Most units fail like this after six or seven years. I would recommend contacting dell, since the unit may still be under warranty. If not you may be lucky and have a repair center in your area, that will handle a LCD unit. If so the repair should run around $75.00 to $90.00. At that price you might consider the repair, over that I would replace the unit, since you can get the same size or larger for around $200.00 in LCD and $175.00 in a CRT monitor.

Good luck;
Phill

Neil Mitchell, December 2007

I have the same problem. But not with the same make of monitor. When it turns on it immediately fades to white, then after a few goes of it doing this it comes back on and stays on.
I have ruled out the computer graphics card because there are two separate computers linked to the monitor and the screen goes to white with both in the same way.

Neil Mitchell, December 2007