monitor problems

[idiot]

i just bought a new pc and everything was great until this evening....i turned it on and came back into the computer room a couple of minutes later to find a black screen......i turned the monitor off and then back on.....i get about 1.5 seconds of the login page and then it goes back to black.......any computer guru want to give some help or do i just return the product

[timvwcom]

#1 computer repair technique; turn EVERYthing off, wait 30 seconds, turn it all back on again... re-post if problem continues...

[idiot]

that is solid advice however, not the answer to this problem

[Crass3000]

I had an LCD monitor for a few years. About a month ago it started having the same symptoms you seem to be having. I thought sure it was the video card. Luckily another person I know was getting rid of their $200 black friday computer just like the one I was having problems with. To my amazement the monitor acted the same when connected to the second computer.

Soooooooo........ It may be a bad monitor. Do you have another computer you can plug the monitor into to see if the symptoms are the same?

Edit: Or do you have another monitor that you can plug into your new computer to see if the problem goes away?

[timvwcom]

that is solid advice however, not the answer to this problem

Then, not enough information to begin offering help...

[idiot]

yes, i guess i will take it to work tomarrow