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I recently bought a new graphics card (nothing fancy, cause my system is quite dated - AMD HD 6670 2GB). Everything's been running great, until about a week ago: my monitor (Samsung 226BW) does not come out of standby when moving the mouse or hitting any key on the keyboard. It will briefly display the desktop image, then goes off again, the power light flickering blue (as it does when it's in standby). After a minute or so of wriggling the mouse around and mashing keys, switching the power on and off on the monitor, it'll come right. In extreme cases (first thing in the morning usually) I've had to hard boot the PC. Everthing is normal after that, until the monitor has to "sleep" again.
I've scoured the interwebs for a solution, and tried every "fix" possible, but the problem persists. Everything from changing the DVI cable, reseating everything on the mobo, to rolling back drivers, then updating them again. Of course, a lot of sites outright said it's down to HW failure, and a few said the 226BW specifically has a habit of dying (sucks, cause I really can't afford a new one now).
Any ideas/anyone with a similar experience and a solution?
System Specs:
Intel E6750
Gigabyte P35-DS3L Mobo
4GB Kingston DDR800
Gigabyte AMD Radeon HD 6670 2GB (New!)
Can't Remember The Brand 600W PSU (New!)
I recently bought a new graphics card (nothing fancy, cause my system is quite dated - AMD HD 6670 2GB). Everything's been running great, until about a week ago: my monitor (Samsung 226BW) does not come out of standby when moving the mouse or hitting any key on the keyboard. It will briefly display the desktop image, then goes off again, the power light flickering blue (as it does when it's in standby). After a minute or so of wriggling the mouse around and mashing keys, switching the power on and off on the monitor, it'll come right. In extreme cases (first thing in the morning usually) I've had to hard boot the PC. Everthing is normal after that, until the monitor has to "sleep" again.
I've scoured the interwebs for a solution, and tried every "fix" possible, but the problem persists. Everything from changing the DVI cable, reseating everything on the mobo, to rolling back drivers, then updating them again. Of course, a lot of sites outright said it's down to HW failure, and a few said the 226BW specifically has a habit of dying (sucks, cause I really can't afford a new one now).
Any ideas/anyone with a similar experience and a solution?
System Specs:
Intel E6750
Gigabyte P35-DS3L Mobo
4GB Kingston DDR800
Gigabyte AMD Radeon HD 6670 2GB (New!)
Can't Remember The Brand 600W PSU (New!)
