My samsung syncmaster wont turn on

[urfate]

im almost positive it dead but im wondering if any of you think theres hope for it.
Its a Syncmaster 906BW about 3-4 years old pluged into my GTX260 as a second monitor.

the first monitor works fine.

but the samsung refuses to power up.

The blue light arround the power button fades on and off every 5 seconds, but the screen stays black.

no searching for signal.

ive downloaded the driver for this and has had no effect.

[jtbrehm]

im almost positive it dead but im wondering if any of you think theres hope for it.
Its a Syncmaster 906BW about 3-4 years old pluged into my GTX260 as a second monitor.

the first monitor works fine.

but the samsung refuses to power up.

The blue light arround the power button fades on and off every 5 seconds, but the screen stays black.

no searching for signal.

ive downloaded the driver for this and has had no effect.

THe manual says that the Monitor is in Power Save mode. When you first turn it on, does it show you the Samsung Logo or Connection Type, it should display something before it goes into that mode. If so try changing the source to make sure you have it set to the correct mode, VGA for the blue cable, DVI for the white cable. If that doesn't work, make sure you have set yourt computer to display to both monitors, if you haven't done that it won't send the signal to the monitor, thus the sleep mode.


JohnnyB

[osbornst]

THe manual says that the Monitor is in Power Save mode. When you first turn it on, does it show you the Samsung Logo or Connection Type, it should display something before it goes into that mode. If so try changing the source to make sure you have it set to the correct mode, VGA for the blue cable, DVI for the white cable. If that doesn't work, make sure you have set yourt computer to display to both monitors, if you haven't done that it won't send the signal to the monitor, thus the sleep mode.


JohnnyB

Hold down the power button and the auto button. if that doesn't work try the power button and the source button.

-osborn street

[bobjones2007]

This problem is all over the web, with a bunch of "solutions" that do nothing. Beware Samsung monitors.

[bobjones2007]

[jtbrehm]

This problem is all over the web, with a bunch of "solutions" that do nothing. Beware Samsung monitors.

Hi Bob,

As you can see from the post dates, the original user that had the problem never responded to answer our questions or let us know what he tried that worked or not (2 years have gone by actually). Due to that we cannot move along in the troubleshooting process, and we start with the simple things because that is the best place to start when troubleshooting. I have kicked myself in the foot for not doing that to many times and I always remind myself, KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid). In any event Bob, if you are having issues, let's not knock the brand name, they have great products that have held up over the years, I know people with Samsung monitors that are 8+ years old and still running strong.

Instead I encourage you to create a new post with your problem, send me a message with a link to it, and let us help you troubleshoot and try to resolve it. Make sure you give lots details about your monitor, make, model, etc. And lots of details about the problem, what you have tried already, etc. Keep in mind we are doing this to be helpful and give back to people, we aren't making money from this.

Thanks,
JohnnyB

[Chuckiechan]

Wherever your post went ...

Open it up and you'll probably see blown capacitors. Take one each (I think there are two types) down to an electronics shop and buy replacements - be careful about the height of the capacitors. If they are too tall they won't fit.

Fixed mine. It was easy. I'm using it now.