Left Monitor Blanks at Startup

snapfade

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My dual monitor system has been working fine since new several months ago. The other day, I started experiencing a problem upon startup or reboot: The left of my dual monitors would be blank (no picture). After switching the monitor off and back on again (sometimes more than once), the picture would appear. No further problems during session. At next reboot or startup the blank screen recurred. It is not consistently blank every time. and It almost always now takes two times of switching monitor off and on again for image to appear.

I suspected a bad monitor so i switched the cables on my AMD Radeon HD 7700 graphics card. The left monitor is still the one where the problem occurs. So it is not a bad monitor.

I have tried deleting devices, reinstalling drivers, to no avail. I cannot find any options in Windows 8 for additonal options after trying everything under options/display.

Any suggestions on how to get my left monitor working at startup?

Thanks,
Snapfade
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    gateway DX4870
    CPU
    Intel Core i3-3220 3300 Mhz
    Motherboard
    American Megatrends p11-a3
    Memory
    6GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD Radeon HD 7700
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    MS Defender
Do you turn on your monitors before turning on your computer?

One monitor may be asleep when you turn on your PC and your OS is not seeing it.

What models are your monitors? Are they the same?

Samsung has a monitor with a firmware defect that refused to wake up at times, there is a firmware update you can install for it.

The monitor was given to me because it was not working, now it works awesomely since the upgrade..
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 & Windows 7 Dual Boot
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP G60
    CPU
    AMD Turion RM-70 Dual Core 2.0 GHZ
    Memory
    3 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce 8200M G
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Mouse
    MS Intellipoint 5 button (love it!)
    Browser
    Chrome and Chromium
    Antivirus
    Avast Free & Malwarebytes
Thanks. I just figured out that it is indeed the monitor. It was working all along but when i booted at night w/o lights on i saw a very dim display that restarting sedms to fix. So i have a monitor issue. Sorry for the trouble.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    gateway DX4870
    CPU
    Intel Core i3-3220 3300 Mhz
    Motherboard
    American Megatrends p11-a3
    Memory
    6GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD Radeon HD 7700
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    MS Defender
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