Screen goes blank (white) for no reason :(

[Jessicam]

Oh my!!! I guess the BIOS needs to be updated. The issue came back soon after I posted last. Although it's been a few days (again) of not having problems since I changed the monitor settings from 85 to 75 Hertz refresh rate. Something tells me it is not fixed though.

Here's my plan:
Do a complete system backup.
Cross my fingers and toes.
Follow BIOS fix.

*afraid*

I will post updates.

fasteddy - Thanks and good luck! I am glad you stumbled upon this post!

Jessica

[kmauryo]

Hello everyone,

My monitor screen goes blank (white) all of the sudden for no reason! At first, it was just all white, but lately, it has vertical dark thin lines against a white background.

Details:
I am usually clicking something (browsing the web, opening a program, etc) and the monitor goes blank. The monitor light stays green. The HD light doesn't flicker. The monitor doesn't flicker. I've tried all combinations of keyboard keys including Stand By, the Windows key, ALT-CTRL-DEL, etc, but it does nothing. I've tried inserting a CD with some program setup in it, nothing. I have to do a cold boot to get back to what I was doing . Needless to say, I lose all the work I was in the middle of ... *sigh*

I am at a loss! I bought this computer in July/August 2005 but I kept my old monitor. It happens maybe 2-7 times a week. Please help!

Here are the specs:

HP Pavilion a1130n
AMD Athlon 3500+ / 64 processor
1GB SDRAM PC3200 DDR
250GB HD
ATI RADEON Xpress 200 Series / 128MB

Monitor:
I think I bought the monitor back in 2001 or 2002.
Viewsonic PF790
19 in CRT
Screen res: 1280 x 1024 @ 85 Herz
I have installed the latest driver from the Viewsonic website

Thanks in advance,

Jessica

I am having the exact same problem

[Jessicam]

Hi kmauryo,

Yes, like the other poster said it is the BIOS. I have not done the update yet because it hasn't crashed since I posted last until two nights ago. But I am planning to do it ASAP. Doing the backup will be the first painful step!

Jessica

[fasteddy]

I did do the update and it fixed the problem!!!

No problems in over one month.

Thanks!!