Troubleshooting Tips: Weird Monitor Error Half Black Screen Linus Tech Tips

[sixflagsbelgium]

3d porn ...

[OldAssGamers]

THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO, i had the exact the same problem. When i was in bios mode... gonna try this, thx again :D

[K4Renat]

This happened to me with a laptop, and half screen was white! In fact, i'm watching this video with this broken laptop

[thetimmyboy04]

Worked for me with just power cable. Thanks!

[monthernof]

cover you're right eye......problem solved :D

[joeyfathom]

I have a different problem and someone Plz help me there are black section dividing the screen top to bottom in thin lines leaving 1 inch space of normal screen between the messed up segment

If you have a picture of you think it is on your computer send me an email james_rees@y7mail.com

[Max54545454]

Thanks! You suggestion got me on the right trail of thoughts. Before unplugging the electric cable from the power point, I unplugged the data cable from the monitor, then plugged it back in. That alone has fixed it for me. I guess its to do with cables connection. Unplugging, then plugging them back does the trick. Thanks again.

[malcolmbaker1]

Same problem - dssame solution....mine is an Alienware (Dell) monitor and I had already sent one back having not tried the unplug solution.

Thanks :-)

[talq11]

Awesome man awesome.. My friend got the same problem and by your video I was able to help him, thanks and keep up the good work.

[96arnis]

whi to me is this problem like some time it showing on 3 sec black screen

[rome880932215]

1 eye's dead =s 

[ImAKillZoneFan]

LG FTW!!

[gopal892005]

Just happened to me.

Acer 27" 3D.

Resolved it by switching off screen & then selecting restore. Easier then unplugging everything :)

Anyone know why this happens?

[TheSoulja99boy]

I'm using LG

[Tuscopa]

The problem is probably due to cold solder on some of the mainboard components. The current might have dificulties passing at a given spot. With the reset, the circuit might conect again on that spot, by moving just a tiny bit on that solder joit, and that would make it work again. But it probably is due to somebad solder in the circuitry(the liquid cristal display end part of it). Just a guess though.

[MrDollhouseplay]

Mine is stuck at homepage(where I type my password) please help

[nomana12345]

dude thank you!

[nomana12345]

dude thank you!

[datyran]

nice man!!.. thanks... you solved my problem in 1.37 minutes...cheers.

[limerta]

so glad i'm using viewsonic :p

[ColdfiresX]

Thanks for your tip, unplugged the cord for 10 minutes, back on and it works.

[LambosWebs]

Thats Quite A Lot Of Dead Pixels

[Belg987]

i had the same problem with my acer gd245hq, when i unpluged it for a few minutes it worked back.

thanks for the video

[xfx6]

one time I shoot with my softair pistol on my Monitor had the same problem lol :P

[ImAKillZoneFan]

@xfx6 One time at bandcamp i put a saxophone in my pussy...

[xfx6]

@ImAKillZoneFan can I do it too?

[marshallrulezzz]

Got the exact same problem today on my Alienware OptX 3d screen, replugging power+data did the trick. Don't know if my secondary monitor caused any of it, but it seems like its not specifically hardware related...

[hermanaki]

exact same problem, same monitor..

[kattenmatte]

Exactly the same thing happened to my monitor yesterday. Guess what? It's an Acer GD245HQ. I was unable to fix it, despite trying everything I could come up with.

After being unplugged for the night it now works again (apart from a high pitch buzz which they do not approve for RMA). Protip: Don't buy Acer.

[leon200115]

Called Get A Viewsonic :D

[codmwlover]

@leon200115 i have one a ViewSonic

[nVidiaGTX100]

hit the screen XD

[yomama24734]

Throw away that PC shit and buy a good old mac!

[FINGaming1]

LINUS i got the same thing this day

[Mr79801]

One word: Blooper

[Mr79801]

One word: Bloopers

[theripoff20]

plug the graphics card in maybe? :)

[TheGughanesh]

hey dude help me my screen is half black but its in down side how can i find the solution help me pllsss

[govedar4o]

@TheGughanesh new monitor..



[PsyHeart]

i've had something similar to this with my LG monitor, bought one from the shop behind the corner of my house, plugged it in and played a bit with the settings. ended up with 1 half beeing grayish like and the other half normal. it turned out to be a setting on the monitor buildin software thing... so my guess here is the same

[MARNEY155]

use the auto button on the lower part of the monitor dude auto arrange and it will make it arrange

[NIBIR98]

i think those 2 people are responsible for this

[Xe054]

For those still out there that might get this problem in the future, make sure the pip (Picture in picture) feature is off if you use a t.v. as a monitor. Pip sometimes causes these blank, black boxes to appear if the function is enabled in PC mode. Hope this helps.

[xxxNetrunnerxxx]

I Just had the exact same problem. I was like OH SHIT Broken!

I rember i saw video about this problem with you and found it. Did as the video and unplugged evrything. Now its all good. Thx.

[SrtRacerBoy]

acer known issue

[Circumventorable]

I think it was the DVI on the monitor end. It does that when I use VGA because my cable is broken. I prefer HDMI.

[zZZzzzSnooze2nd]

Maybe its that Porn virus? it the virus you get when you are looking for Porn... It happened to me once. Just once... not lying.

[kweenie76]

@Znupi, chill out dude, what the hell is your problem? I didn't even watch the video, I just tried to help! If you are such a genius, go solve the problem!

If there is somethign I hate it's those trolls that just go flame on people, and don't even come up with solutions themselfs.

[AVEPICS]

DAMN! my monitor 1/3 *have three for Nvidia surround* just happened to me 10min ago, turned the monitor off like Linus said and after a few more minutes reconnected the monitor and woot! lol I'm just thankful, even though ACER is not as good as some other brands, still works great for me =P

[kweenie76]

Crossfire? Old ATI crossfire systems can be set to let each card display half the view right? Well, maybe this PC was set to split-screen SLI and no 2nd card was attatched.

[Znupi]

@kweenie76 You do realize just how stupid your statement is, right? How could the graphics card be misconfigured when the freaking "no signal" message shows the same split screen behavior??

[r0b0kar]

good thing you posted this, cause i just bought this monitor and it does this for me too :(

[webbsolution2010]

Hey this is a wierd thing...I left my monitor on and powered my computer off and watched the monitor power down - when I booted my PC in the morning for work it did the same thing...powering off fully resolved it for me too. I think this is indicative of a portion of the monitor not coming back from power saving mode...not a good sign for a long life...(for the monitor)

[edilloc]

taiwanesse!

[TheBraden1996]

Wow, that is a 3d monitor too.... Not Cheap

[sumaran72]

i take it theres nothing to unbox this week???

[aseskns]

hapens to me all the time when i play games and i want to change the screen lighting

half of it comes black,however it never hapens when i'm idle on desktop..

and yeah i use an acer monitor -.-"

[manel0319]

this is a common issue with this monitor,i have the EXACT same monitor and this happend to me,i fix it the same way.

[Kranbone]

Perhaps it was a dodgy cable?

[ArtDamage911]

I believe it, Linus! I believe! :P

[IsaiahAllen03]

Pointless video is Pointless.

[FSXman1000]

Made in China....

[mupp33n]

@FSXman1000 90% of the products in the US is made in China.

[FSXman1000]

@mupp33n Ha, you're probably right, but it was only a joke. ;) Learned something new today...

[nVidiaGTX100]

@FSXman1000 hahaha

[danieldvs100]

lmao

[logankipgen]

that a flea power right ?

[julianakaff888]

Acer GD245HQ, I had this problem too, but after one day both sides of the monitor were black, only sending the monitor in helped and I got my money back. Probably a wrong configured modell by Acer.

[humpmasterflex4]

This is a common problem with the 120Hz acer monitors! its all over the interwebs

[133MHzz]

Ah... cosmic rays doing naughty things once again, like flipping bits on your RAM causing all sorts of problems you'll never be able to reproduce.

[Umbrago]

GJ LINUS, YOU'RE THE MAN!

[kennyozakie]

something to do with the monitor settings

[Aristowi]

That happens when using a 480 videocard, not only you need 2 cards for multi display, you also need 2 cards to see the full picture, 1 card gives you half the picture :P

[JohnnyKanuk]

its the 3D drivers

[doubleatheman]

It's an ACER monitor.... thats your problem. I have seen many AOC and Acer monitors go bad.

[ASANZA3]

THAT HAPPENED TO MINE A WHILE BACK... AFTER CURSING AT IT AND THREATENING IT OF BEING THROWN AWAY, IT STARTED WORKING AGAIN... =D

[MachineMezziah]

A few years ago a ViewSonic monitor went like this, but even after unplugging it for several minutes stayed like this... so it went right to the thrash can.

[zzlee14]

Left click tool bar at botterm of windows 7 and "show windows side by side" or "show windows stacked"

You may have accedently clicked "show windows side by side" ?

[yalolol]

@cristeck123 gtfo spammer. FLAGGED.

[tacomonster5]

you have to give it to me [:

[rozorahk]

acer product duh

[RandINT100]

i would have done that anyways cuz it always works

[Extaticus]

Strange, my eight-year-old CRT monitor (bought from the wild wilderness that is eBay around three months ago - and at under £1, to boot) - as a long-time office unit - has seen over eight hours of use a day, and still works like an absolute dream. And, at 1600*1200, it has a pretty decent screen resolution, too... It's incredible, then, how older monitor technology still reigns supreme over newer vision solutions. How odd.

[johnchen0213]

hahaha first time i seen the problem too

[fipsu]

Sounds like Dual-link DVI cable problem to me, only half of the singals were geting thru

[lordmat666]

Acer, that's your problem

[wesclev83]

@lordmat666 Ha

[Amrut223]

@lordmat666 Acer make decent monitors. Your clueless.

[KeyAttendant]

I think the tip is that you should always make sure to turn off the device as one of your tests. Unplugging the video source won't reset the software, disconnecting it from its power source will.

[TWOdSurround]

Thanks for the TIP! NOT.

[TheDJGabizz]

DO NOT USE ACER, LINUS! Acer is designed to get problems and errors! U should stick to Samsung and BenQ as I'we seen in your other videos ;)

[LordAtrocities]

Ya know if he'd just read the manuals from time to time instead of just diving into things, he'd have fewer issues. I have noticed that he tends to just dive right in and runs into problems that would otherwise have not become an issue had he just read the manual first. :D

[tenkirulez]

@LordAtrocities manual for what? I doubt random manuals have a section for random half screen blackness thing.

[LordAtrocities]

@tenkirulez - The section is called the "Trouble Shooting" section. :D I looked up the half screen problem in my DELL monitors manual and it said, unplug the power supply. I looked up the problem in my old monitors manual, and it too said, unplug the monitor's power. So I am just saying, given a few of his "hum, I didn't need to do that" videos, that he should read the manuals that come with products before doing a review on them. :) Despite opposing opinions, manuals do help.

[tenkirulez]

@LordAtrocities I agree, manuals do help. But I doubt he has time to read hundreds of manuals xD. But its a good point you are making, manuals might save your life one day, seriously.

[RawrrItzMattiee]

pause at 1:35.

[Omellykim]

@RawrrItzMattiee *says in British accent* i say

[orkie55]

I get a similar problem, i only need to turn off my screen on the button and then turn it on again, and the problem is away.

[YmCmbZ]

got this screen<3

[eatnooM]

Problems with solutions like these are so annoying. Currently, my PC can fail to POST after touching any setting in the BIOS, and the only solution is to unplug it and leave it for a while. Really puts a damper on any overclocking attempts.

For anyone who may have a similar problem, try testing with a friend's PSU; that's the component I've chosen to blame, having tried a different mobo/graphics card to no avail.

[Knotes647]

a monitor for pirates arrrrrrrrr

[z00h]

Yeah, tis difficult to believe that youre unplugging/plugging the gfx cable when both the monitor and the pc are on.

Well done!! And good luck to anyone who buys anything off NCIX

[Victim15]

You probably have some sort of 3D setting on. When you turn on 3D in Black Ops without a compatible TV, it displays two pictures side by side of the same thing. So I'd assume if you had 3D on and you weren't using a 3D application, it would do the opposite.

[PC4Free]

The first thing to do - Turn it off and one :P

[SupaShang]

It is the new type of monitors they are making for people who are left handed and also have one eye!

[osamahal3mri]

What's ur computer's password . i am going to steal it MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[thedigitaldoctor]

Acer = cheap, Almost everything else = works properly

[ChunkyMilkification]

reset the monitor if u can go to factory defaults that might help

[rock962000]

Bad monitor, Linus.

[zombiejournals]

@rock962000

Probably. I had a monitor behave like that and in a few days it died completely. It was a Westinghouse.

[rock962000]

@zombiejournals Yeah, go LG or Samsung. They're the best out there.

[Joseph9536]

I'm watching this video using an Acer monitor!

[EBACHKOle]

I know what's wrong.

IT'S A DAMN ACER!!!

[ChunkyMilkification]

@EBACHKOle dude i have an acer monitor n a lappy n they run beautifully lolz

[iExD]

Verry interesting!

Looks like someone missed the Thumbs Up button.

[jakestweeker]

driver issues 

[17tumba]

its old shit, just kick it

[TheFatal05]

@17tumba lmfao

[iExD]

@17tumba lmfao too . XD

[shirke01]

Just buy another new monitor rich boy.you can afford it.

[rock962000]

@shirke01 Lol.. Wow?

[24065894]

looks like a 3d mode (the one that shows the left eye on the left part and the right eye on the right).. check your monitor's manual.

[Thresholld]

I've heard about this while researching that monitor, apparently it's a common fault!

[moJWZ]

very nice monitor!! D

[Nimerbushnaq]

Maybe because this is a 3D monitor and uses dual link Dvi one link got fucked up and cut it to half xD?

[zetRRR]

windows 7 trouble i think, because in xp i didnt see anything like that

[FrankenstienMidget]

Saw your password!

[ShaTR2]

if the monitor is actually a TV, many have "split screen" modes, where the second half can be used to view another input. Something like "picture in picture" but with half the screen being the other picture.

[MrWeb06]

@ShaTR2

Yeah you're probably right. Think about it, this is a 120 Hz monitor. Probably has a display setting to show the difference between 60 Hz and 120 Hz display. Unpluging the power cable and then repluging it might reset that setting.

[demusske]

had the same prob there

its the dvi cable that is broke

just replace the cable and prob solved

[teekanne15]

dead pixel cancer

[MrWeb06]

@teekanne15

LMAO :D:D:D:D That would be the other cause. :D:D

[Beaverman20]

was i the only one hoping he said that he "unplugged the monitor, kicked it and then it worked"?

[codebraker12]

The monitor has tow panels, and one of them has failed because their controller... i guess...

[AdamhaiderTV]

If it occurred in BIOS then it's a hardware or connection issue, could be the pins didn't all make contact.

[atomdragon4]

A 'WTF' Moment :)

[CSSIcemaN]

its hapend to me to, but i couldent fix it. so i send it back to acer and they send a new one. the problem i had was a.

I had the exact same problem as you, but half the screen and had piled itself. it was the flickering all the time. so it was not possible to cook

[ronydzcp]

Dell has the same problem. because it is a duallink monitor. the are two units in it, to calculate the picture, and one of them can be stop working. and it is possible the one unit make the full framerate and one the half. the solution is a reset.

Sorry for my bad english....

[pedro380085]

Yeah, I do believe. When I'm trying new stuff at home (software most of the times), sometimes I get really weird results. I remember one when I wanted to change Windows ahci drives to sata and I worked on it 3 weeks before figuring it out;

[firasbkm]

Turn it off and on its gone

[CrazyTheNameis]

lol 

[zcinciev]

Hey Linus you forgot to say Subscribe,it's not that hard:P...just kidding:D

[pokiulai]

maybe it was in the state of half-power-saving mode

[FrancekPirosrancek]

it didnt want you to see the wather

[mitchlin71]

You tried unplug power for 30s and then dvi from your monitor.

[R32Viper]

In other words don't buy an 3d screen.

[iamkismetmookz]

aha.. i also have this problem the view moves out an inch to the right ahaha i was using VGA cable in a 1440x900 monitor, i haven't got a dvi on my tv monitor so i plugged it in HMDI connector. and it fixed it..

[nos97]

A pin in the cable is broken?

[lightpower]

This happened to my girlfriend's monitor never found a way to fix it....

[099psp]

Linus Trouble Shooting Tips =)

[leungclj]

please Linus, more of this Troubleshooting tips!

[morbidal]

I have the same monitor and the same thing happened, and it just corrected itself. not what you want from a high end monitor, they have tendancy to buzz as well

[salmonsushi]

This problem is called. Accer.

[MrDucktaper]

Have you tried to turn it of and on agaiN?

[MrDucktaper]

Could that be an opcion of the monitor? I have something similar, not the same but somthing similar.

[obiwankenobi28]

This reminds me of my EVGA 8800 Ultra SC do'n wierd stuff, it turns off & on my monitor, is if it austo refreshing it's image, GPU isn't too hot, as GPU-Z shows, but I think it's a similar defect to the VGA card it's self

As if some solder points in the PCB are not connected good enough, maybe the old G80 Oven trick might be needed.

Have you tested this VGA card with a nother monitor let being a CRT and other TFT?

If the same still occurs then you will know it's the VGA?

Peace.

[gravexx]

huh ?

[Lupic95]

Thats why I'm a mac user :)

[Cezarijus]

@Lupic95 oh I see, so instead of fixing your mac you buy a new one right? haha FAIL.

[TalesOfWar]

@Cezarijus Nah, instead of fixing it, you take it to Apple instead who fix it for you so you don't have to faff around. That's why you have warranty's and stuff.

[SilverJigProductions]

That happens sometimes with certain Acer monitors, I knew that you had to unplug it before you did it. I've heard several people complain about that issue and say that disconnecting the power fixes it every time. =P

[consolemaster]

Looks like it uses a mux to produce a widescreen output. Probably why, when you disconnect it, the mux turned back on.

[darthjump]

Pixel Wars! The dark side of the Monitor!

[thespeedmaster]

you should do a linustechtips: behind the scenes! :D

[ravitejkotipalli]

Your typing is soo fast man........

[LbsOfTech]

Go to regedit, and turn off object snap and restart

[Donkens]

Dude you know Apple is anti techonoligcal, if Apple had monopoly on the IT world, we would get VGA camera 2015, and MP3 player on mobiles when Steve Jobs is retiring.

[imalwayswatchingu00]

Isn't that an FPS problem, or something...

Because the frames are divided in half, and each side is rendered separately.. or something like that.

[TheJuanguitar]

If you want you can give it to me,  i dont have problem...

[ayewanrice]

thats the 120hz acer right? i have the alienware optix 23 inch, the 120hz monitor, from what i understand its basically the same internals or something, but that half screen thing has happened to me too. only a few times. i think nvidia 3d vision might be causing it. a simple restart did get my full screen back tho. what it was exactly tho, i dont know. i was using a evga gtx 260 btw.

[chasezas]

typical acer monitor. i have a 22" lcd that still doesn't work, sent it back to acer twice and they claimed they couldn't find an issue, yet i had the same problem on two completely different computers.