When I turned on my computer this morning the monitor had a thin line right down the middle of the screen. I have turned off the monitor and cold started the computer and it is still there. What could be causing this?

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Monitor stays on for a few seconds then goes out

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Monitor not coming on - Packard Bell Easynote R4650

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Does not power up

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Computer Keeps Shutting Down on its own - PC Desktops

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My gateway g7-500 fails to start properly. Whemn power on I get a long beep followed by 2 short ones and the monitor screen remains black.

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Cannot get new Motherboard to boot up in Normal Mode

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I turn my l300 on and than stops at toshiba leading innovation. it won't do any thing when i press f2 or f12 thanks

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PF790 monitor picture issue

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17 inch monitor goes blank - X2Gen MG19MY 19" LCD Monitor

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Rebooting on Dell D600 Latitude

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Nw8240 laptop PCI Bus 2 devices freezing down

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Computer won't start

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When I turned on my computer this morning the monitor had a thin line right down the middle of the screen. I have turned off the monitor and cold started the computer and it is still there. What could be causing this?

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Acer LCD Monitor only displays "acer" logo

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Monitor keeps blank even the power lLED is on green

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I never turn off my monitor, just my computer. Over the weekend, the monitor started shutting off when I turned off the computer and it would take several tries to turn it back on. After 3 days of this, the monitor finally just would not turn back on at all. I hardly ever used my on-off button on the computer, so that should not be worn out. I bought the whole set-up in January of 2006. Help!

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Monitor gets hot and entire screen turns white after about 1 hour of use.

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No video I can turn on the computer and my monitor says check cable and computer monitor working regretfully a regular video card will not fit in this version computer if this is the problem where do I purchase a new video card

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My ViewsonicVP930b Monitor Suddenly Turns Off

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Computer crash and restart - PC Desktops

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Computer in black screen, no energy outputted

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HP PAVILION LAPTOP SHUTS OFF AND REBOOTS AFTER A FEW MINUTES

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Instantaneous shutdown with no warnings!

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My windows explorer stops and restarts please help me to solve the same

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Acer desktop mouse,keyboard not functioning, monitor also not wor

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