Same! It happens to me now when I bought a new Display Port cable. HDMI has worked fine forever, but now that I switched I have the same issue. Fun to see that Linus 10 years ago would be my savior, as I watch the channel daily.
for anyone who is struggling with this problem; it's caused by a static build-up in the monitor. it's easily fixed by disconnecting the monitor from the power source, holding down the power button for 30 seconds (only needs about 5 really), and plugging it back in. it should be back up and running immediately, with no side-effects or persistent problems. hope that's helped! :)
so you guys know, i'm no expert. i found this video because i had the same problem, but i managed to find an article telling me what i told you guys, which fixed it for me (and the guy in the video) so i thought i would share :D
I literally just had this exact same issue, was worried either the monitor or video card had died on me, but thanks to your vid after a power reset the monitor is fine again, wierd problem but you saved me a ton of troubleshooting! *high five*
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.
Linus, I don’t know if you’ll ever read this but THANK YOU SO MUCH for this video! A few days ago I had this same problem with a brand new monitor (which the whole screen was black). I was on the verge of requesting an exchange and I looked up this video and it worked! My monitor has come back to me! You are just too awesome Linus! ❤️❤️ 💋
thank you so much linus you just saved my life almost literally, i was on the verge of losing it here and thank god you had this vid up and it solved my problem. funny thing is i have the exact same monitor, and i even have 1 of my 3 that has half the monitor get green pixelation on it that seems like a similar problem but once the monitor warms up for a couple hours its goes away oddly enough.
Thank you for posting this! I have an HP 1940 monitor but had the same thing happen. I came back into my office and the screen was suddenly like this. Did all the same trouble shooting short of unplugging everything at once except when I gave up and switched to an old smaller monitor. I just now plugged it back in and presto! It would be nice to know why it happened but I'm glad to have my big monitor back.
hej saw this video a year ago and i got the same monitor so i start my computer up and half of my screen was gone like in your video i directly searched this video again to fix my problem and it worked for me :) thx for sharing this grtz
Been experiencing this lately. Here's my solution: No need to unplug or switch off anything. The issue appears to be caused by drivers (FYI I'm using an RTX 2070 Super). If you're using Windows 10, press "Shift + Ctrl + Win key + B" - this restarts/resets the graphics drivers. Once you've done this, the issue should go away. Unfortunately I haven't found a permanent fix to this, but the above steps work. I seem to get this issue when waking up my screen after sleep/screensaver.
There is a small car on the back of the screen connected by two ribbons to the buffers card at the top of the screen (each one deals with one half of the screen). What causes this issues can be that card that is faulty or overheating, the ribbons (flat cables) can be dirty or getting damaged. What can happen too is the frame that is putting some extra pressure on those ribbons or one or more of the ribbons that connect the buffer boards to the screen. If you try to investigate by yourself by opening your monitor/tv please be careful not to damage those ribbons as they can be really sensitive in some models, and since they get harder with the heat they can be easy to break.
Just had this happen on a laptop screen. Still trying to figure it out. If I put pressure on the bottom bezel of the screen it actually starts working. Was happy to see a younger Linus had the same issue though lol.
Great video, i have that exact monitor and it did the same thing, with the same symptoms. On my side I had a firefox window open with flash that finished playing, i moved away from my machine for an hour and came back to find half the screen black, which also persisted after restart and in the bios. This is the first time this has happened and i got this screen when it came out.
Had the same issue today - woke up in the morning and the monitor is showing only half. The advice from this video fixed the issue. Really weird this all is.
how come this happens to me a lot? I always reset it and that fixes it temporarily. but after I shut it down and use it again, the half black screen pops up again and I have to restart it, AGAIN. what causes the problem in the first place?
Thank God for your video. Cause this just happened to me. I figured out my problem. The latest graphics card drivers caused this malfunction on my monitor. I installed and older version and everything is working normal again. I hope this helps some of you if you are having this problem.
Latest NVIDIA Driver 417.71 is the culprit, it had enabled G-Sync by default and my monitor is FreeSync turning this off completely resolved this issue for me.
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.
Probably open up the laptop and disconnect the ribbon cable that connects the screen. There may be an additional cable too. It may not work on it though due to it being made differently. If you're going through the effort of detaching it then you might as well just get a new screen.
Bud Charles you could try pulling the battery after a hard shut down and giving it time to dissipate any charges. that should be the same as unplugging a monitor.
@@JaimexoPlays I actually fixed it- I had accidentally set the monitor to fix display at half the way possible (sorry i am not very good with the technical words) but i just reset all monitor settings from monitor menu and it worked.
I own three of the exact same monitors that I used to have set up in panoramic 3d. Each of them has now done this from time to time. I think it must be this particular monitor, as I've also never seen anything like this before or since!
Was the backlighting visible on the blank half, or was the panel completely pitch-black on that side? I can't imagine the LCD panel itself would be split in two, since that would create a visible seam down the middle, but maybe the backlighting is, and for some reason half of it shut down. It could be bad capacitors in the HV power supply, which is a common problem with LCD monitors and TVs.
Story: I had tried everything. Reading the comments it seems like this worked for everyone, but by this time I had lost faith. Tried this fix and while waiting for 10 minutes I knew I was just going to turn on my computer to see the screen flickering right down the middle again. I decided that I was going to leave a comment indicating that this hadn't worked for me (as I wanted to show that sometimes the problem may lie elsewhere), but that I appreciated the video. ..... To my surprise.....it worked. Thanks! I thought this monitor was bound for the recycle bin. You're the best.
2020 Feb . Right half is three vertical shade sections. 1 part is fine black/white lines, middle part solid white, right section is solid black which is slightly wider than the other sections. Went that way after banging on it to stop it from a flashing spasm. Old Dell monitor. Thinking the flashing is bad capacitors. Unknown now the right side blackout. Wonder if it is repairable.
The screen may have been "twisted". It happened to my laptop screen. I used to pick it up from one corner of screen while its open and "bent" it. To fix it, I tap the screen on that side and it worked. But the problem didnt go away permamantly.
Incredible.... I've had this problem for about a month now and it never occurred to me to physically touch or bend the screen. You just fixed my problem! Thanks!
Guys I've had this several times now and you just have to cut power to your display. For desktop users this means pulling the plug for 10-15secs min and then turn it back on, like the video said. However if you want to do this on laptop, you just have to shut it completely down (no sleep or hibernate) and then unplug your adapter and remove the battery for the same 10-15 seconds.
Kudos my man. Same thing happened to me today. I was away rage calling Nvidia / ASUS as I thought it was my GFX card. But a power recycle of the monitor resolved the issue
Appreciate it man, this chick at my jobs computer just did this at 8 in the morning and of course they call me to fix it...same monitor and all, worked like a charm, props
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
2024 for me half of my screen was black with a red line going down the middle. Had a tuff time but got it resolved. Reset the driver for my graphics card and updated it. Thank you so much hop I helped somebody!
Having a similar issue now with a second-hand drawing tablet monitor I bought a while back because I wanted a portable of the same brand as my 27-inch stationary one. I've used it a few times, but today I plugged it in for the first time in about 4 months and the right half of the screen is a big white square. Like with this video, the other half of the screen clearly exists beneath the square. This thing doesn't actually have an external power source beyond whatever usb port it plugs into, so I may be out of luck. I'm going to disconnect for ten minutes and see if that helps, and then after that, since this thing has been in a carry bag for 4 months, I'm going to plug it in and let it warm up while leaving it unacknowledged in my display settings and see if that works. Thanks for the video!
Had a similar issue where half my screen was like a gradient black screen after sleep mode in windows 10. The temporary solution for me was to re-plug the power. I was using the display port and this happened but when I switched to an HDMI cable the problem stopped. Just throwing out what worked for me.
This is exactly what happened to me. I tried turned off the monitor, the PC, unplugging it from the video card... nothing. I saw your video and figured "Unplugging it? That's just crazy enough to work" ... and it did! Thx.
Feb 2020 and it just happened to me. Rebooting didn't help, switching off the monitor (but keeping it plugged) did nothing either. Only after unplugging and waiting for about a minute (the extend of my patience) did it resolve itself. Thanks for making these videos :-).
this was the first thing that showed up when searching on google. I can see i use the exact same monitor as you, and un- and replugging all the things, like you said, seems to have solved the problem. TL;DR: thanks
I have exactly the same monitor and it happening to me in 2020. unplugged for a few minutes and plugged it back in after seeing this vid and its fine! Thanks Linus!!
Had this happen to me today with the LG monitor and found it to be related to paralel input, the monitor suposedly can accept 2 inputs at the same time and diverts each on half of the screen (since nothing comes trough the other input it just shows black). Lg monitors only have one button/joystick that does everything starting/stopping accessing the menu so I accidentaly turned PBP on. The solution just as the video says remove power long enough and it defaults back to normal, but if your monitor still shows the OSD you can just turn PBP (or whatever it's called by other manufacturers like SBS -side by side or dual input) off and all goes back to normal without unplugging. I might be a few years late to this party :D
Linus can you help me out? 2 or 3 days ago i updated new nvidia geforce update, pc seemed crashed and i restarted it but it wont turn on with monitor. It says no signal and enters the safe mode (monitor). Should i ask for my pc seller to fix it, still have earranty. Or is it possible fix by my self?
I'm trying to boot a 12 year old windows laptop. A white bar of dead pixels appears on the right while the screen is on. I want to crop the display so that I can use the full working area (which is now a square). What do I do?
This issue just started happening to me on my two year old system. I recently updated my graphics card driver and it’s happening more or less when I wake it up from sleep. The first instance was actually when I changed the resolution settings in a game I was playing, such a weird bug. I resolve it just by restarting my system!
I had a similar problem. Whenever i tried to auto configure, it would not use about 50px on the right of the screen. I could use what was visible, but the picture was squished because of these pixels left out. After watching your tip video, i tried unplugging it from power and plugging it in. Nope. I then tried unplugging it from my video card and re-plugging it. This ended up making about 25 pixels on the left now not used. I hit auto config again a few times and it worked itself out. Woot! :D
my hp toychsmart 600 oc shows a blue screen with messages F10 setup, Esc= Boot Menu F11 System Recovery, F9 Diagnosticsc . Need to help how do I fix it
such a coincidence. this just happened to me also and i realized that it is the exact same monitor AcerGD235HZ. Unplugging and repluggin power cord fixed it. Thanks Linus.
Just happened to me also. Did all of the above test but luckily came across this video in my first search, on the good half of my screen; fix the problem. I would like to know what caused this as I had a simular problem but he whole screen was black. Turning it off in a well-timed fit of frustration and coming back to it after a glass of wine, fixed the problem but not untill I had bought a new more expensive displey cable. As far as I can tell the symptom is not repeatable.
My laptop is doing it with stripes on one side and program on the other. I can slightly move the screen part of the laptop and it'll come back on only to keep going on and off. help!
hey friend! i am having the same issue with my windows 10 laptop i dont know how to do this whatever u did in your pc my screen is exactly half black but from downside to up any suggetions?
similar problem, I use Hp 200 g3 ea all in one PC. at some point it fixed, but after I use it for a while the screen start to flicker and began to black out just half of it. please help how do i fix this.
I have a issue with my monitor when i am clicking stuff on my monitor a bunch of random black checker boxes appear and disappear any help would be appreciated to fix this.
You know I'm haveing the same problem, and the only thing that comes to mind is I some times use NVIDA 3D. The monitor has that 120hz 3d jack so maybe something is up with that.
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;
2020, just happened to me. Thanks from the future.
Same! It happens to me now when I bought a new Display Port cable. HDMI has worked fine forever, but now that I switched I have the same issue. Fun to see that Linus 10 years ago would be my savior, as I watch the channel daily.
Just happened to me and I stumbled upon this video aha
This happened on my laptop
Ditto...
@@brandonroberts-blake4223 what did you do??
for anyone who is struggling with this problem; it's caused by a static build-up in the monitor. it's easily fixed by disconnecting the monitor from the power source, holding down the power button for 30 seconds (only needs about 5 really), and plugging it back in. it should be back up and running immediately, with no side-effects or persistent problems.
hope that's helped! :)
Hey! thanks for the tip. Problem is that Its happening to my laptop. Any suggestions?
NVM. Someone further down has solved my problem. Thanks anyway!
Tidy Tate hey but what if this kind of thing happens with a game. like only when I turn on that particular game it moves the game screen to the right
so you guys know, i'm no expert. i found this video because i had the same problem, but i managed to find an article telling me what i told you guys, which fixed it for me (and the guy in the video) so i thought i would share :D
Tidy Tate I got this for laptop?!? kinda harder to fix
Seeing linus ten years ago, such a youngen.
I literally just had this exact same issue, was worried either the monitor or video card had died on me, but thanks to your vid after a power reset the monitor is fine again, wierd problem but you saved me a ton of troubleshooting! *high five*
Had a power outage earlier and this 10 + year old video helped, thanks Linus
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.
Dear Linus, I can't thank you enough. You were so helpful in solving my problem, which is the same as this one. Thank you a bunch bro.
Linus, thank you, I have the same monitor as the one you used in the video and its 10 years later. You are a hero
Linus, I don’t know if you’ll ever read this but THANK YOU SO MUCH for this video! A few days ago I had this same problem with a brand new monitor (which the whole screen was black). I was on the verge of requesting an exchange and I looked up this video and it worked! My monitor has come back to me! You are just too awesome Linus! ❤️❤️ 💋
same problem here, ill try this when i can too.
now hopefully i recieve the same end as he did
This just happened to me and your tip worked! Thank you! I did NOT want to buy a new monitor right now.
thank you so much linus you just saved my life almost literally, i was on the verge of losing it here and thank god you had this vid up and it solved my problem. funny thing is i have the exact same monitor, and i even have 1 of my 3 that has half the monitor get green pixelation on it that seems like a similar problem but once the monitor warms up for a couple hours its goes away oddly enough.
same
Thank you for posting this! I have an HP 1940 monitor but had the same thing happen. I came back into my office and the screen was suddenly like this. Did all the same trouble shooting short of unplugging everything at once except when I gave up and switched to an old smaller monitor. I just now plugged it back in and presto! It would be nice to know why it happened but I'm glad to have my big monitor back.
hej saw this video a year ago and i got the same monitor
so i start my computer up and half of my screen was gone like in your video
i directly searched this video again to fix my problem
and it worked for me :) thx for sharing this
grtz
Been experiencing this lately. Here's my solution:
No need to unplug or switch off anything. The issue appears to be caused by drivers (FYI I'm using an RTX 2070 Super). If you're using Windows 10, press "Shift + Ctrl + Win key + B" - this restarts/resets the graphics drivers. Once you've done this, the issue should go away.
Unfortunately I haven't found a permanent fix to this, but the above steps work. I seem to get this issue when waking up my screen after sleep/screensaver.
im using a 2070 super and the same thing happened to me, thank you so much bro
Thank you !
started happening to me and i have the same graphics card but it only happens when I restart my pc
I got a 1060 and this happened to me but I can say that it worked
it keeps happening to me ?
Thank you so much Linus! It is happening to me right now. Will follow your instructions and hopefully the partially blocked screen will be fixed!
7 years later, here is! Thanks for the tips!
There is a small car on the back of the screen connected by two ribbons to the buffers card at the top of the screen (each one deals with one half of the screen). What causes this issues can be that card that is faulty or overheating, the ribbons (flat cables) can be dirty or getting damaged. What can happen too is the frame that is putting some extra pressure on those ribbons or one or more of the ribbons that connect the buffer boards to the screen.
If you try to investigate by yourself by opening your monitor/tv please be careful not to damage those ribbons as they can be really sensitive in some models, and since they get harder with the heat they can be easy to break.
exact same issue, unplugged power, plugged in again. Saved my life!
12 years later Linus solves my issue and he has no idea how. Thanks!
i love you man looked for a new screen but i just gave yt a last chance to help me and the best of them all helped me
Just had this happen on a laptop screen. Still trying to figure it out. If I put pressure on the bottom bezel of the screen it actually starts working. Was happy to see a younger Linus had the same issue though lol.
thank you based Linus for travelling nine years into the future to fix my monitor
Great video, i have that exact monitor and it did the same thing, with the same symptoms. On my side I had a firefox window open with flash that finished playing, i moved away from my machine for an hour and came back to find half the screen black, which also persisted after restart and in the bios. This is the first time this has happened and i got this screen when it came out.
Had the same issue today - woke up in the morning and the monitor is showing only half. The advice from this video fixed the issue. Really weird this all is.
how come this happens to me a lot? I always reset it and that fixes it temporarily. but after I shut it down and use it again, the half black screen pops up again and I have to restart it, AGAIN. what causes the problem in the first place?
@Jamieiscoolest * not entirely yet. sorry. the half-black screen isn't happening as much now tho but it still occurs here and there still.
2020, you just saved me from a major inconvenience. Thanks a ton! :D
Can you repost how you fixed it please.
Well close to 12 years later and this just worked for me. Thank you Baby Linus
Thanks soo much....tried for hours to fix this problem. So glad i came across your self-help video.
Thank God for your video. Cause this just happened to me. I figured out my problem. The latest graphics card drivers caused this malfunction on my monitor. I installed and older version and everything is working normal again. I hope this helps some of you if you are having this problem.
Latest NVIDIA Driver 417.71 is the culprit, it had enabled G-Sync by default and my monitor is FreeSync turning this off completely resolved this issue for me.
Thank you for the tip. I had the same problem and fixed it because of your advice.
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.
Little annoying that there is seemingly no explanation for this occuring, but this video just likely saved me hours of annoyance, thank you sir.
Hot to do this on laptop ?
Probably open up the laptop and disconnect the ribbon cable that connects the screen. There may be an additional cable too. It may not work on it though due to it being made differently. If you're going through the effort of detaching it then you might as well just get a new screen.
This happens when I turn on my monitor sometimes. The way I solve it is just to turn the monitor off and on again and it fixed it for me
Your actually the goat for that
please Linus, more of this Troubleshooting tips!
This happened to me today after installing a new graphics card and your video help me out so much.
This happened to me too except I'm on a laptop, so I can't remove the screen :/
did u fix it?
Rin Okumura It's eventually just fixed itself now, but it was weird.
Bud Charles
you could try pulling the battery after a hard shut down and giving it time to dissipate any charges. that should be the same as unplugging a monitor.
It could be a loose cable, fucked up screen inverter, or the display itself.
I feel your pain but mine is just at the sides that are black and I can still see the arrow
This happens to me frequently when resuming monitors from sleep
Did you find any solution?
Happened to me today.
@@AcidifiedMammoth same
@@JaimexoPlays I actually fixed it- I had accidentally set the monitor to fix display at half the way possible (sorry i am not very good with the technical words) but i just reset all monitor settings from monitor menu and it worked.
I have that same or very similar acer monitor, this has happened to me twice. And both times your fix has worked. Thanks.
I own three of the exact same monitors that I used to have set up in panoramic 3d. Each of them has now done this from time to time. I think it must be this particular monitor, as I've also never seen anything like this before or since!
my laptop also had this half black screen problem .. what to do????
Restart your laptop It helped solving my problem
Just had this happen and restarting the computer solved it for me 2
Funny, this happened to me twice with the same monitor Linus has.
same
Was the backlighting visible on the blank half, or was the panel completely pitch-black on that side? I can't imagine the LCD panel itself would be split in two, since that would create a visible seam down the middle, but maybe the backlighting is, and for some reason half of it shut down. It could be bad capacitors in the HV power supply, which is a common problem with LCD monitors and TVs.
Story:
I had tried everything. Reading the comments it seems like this worked for everyone, but by this time I had lost faith. Tried this fix and while waiting for 10 minutes I knew I was just going to turn on my computer to see the screen flickering right down the middle again. I decided that I was going to leave a comment indicating that this hadn't worked for me (as I wanted to show that sometimes the problem may lie elsewhere), but that I appreciated the video. .....
To my surprise.....it worked. Thanks! I thought this monitor was bound for the recycle bin. You're the best.
2019, jut had this!
2020
@@feirefiz3874 same! but top half of new monitor.
Ha 2020 for me
2020 Feb . Right half is three vertical shade sections. 1 part is fine black/white lines, middle part solid white, right section is solid black which is slightly wider than the other sections. Went that way after banging on it to stop it from a flashing spasm. Old Dell monitor. Thinking the flashing is bad capacitors. Unknown now the right side blackout. Wonder if it is repairable.
@@Rbelle5 Me to bro, did u fix it
The screen may have been "twisted". It happened to my laptop screen. I used to pick it up from one corner of screen while its open and "bent" it. To fix it, I tap the screen on that side and it worked. But the problem didnt go away permamantly.
Incredible.... I've had this problem for about a month now and it never occurred to me to physically touch or bend the screen. You just fixed my problem! Thanks!
GlobalWatch HOLY CRAP I DONT EVEN KNOW HOW BUT THAT FRICKIN WORKED
Mandy Gurung I literally just used two hands and EXTREMELY gently bent the side that was black
Just got this recommended to me and dayum the years go by fast doesnt it
Just saved me hours of pointless troubleshooting. Thanks young Linus
Guys I've had this several times now and you just have to cut power to your display. For desktop users this means pulling the plug for 10-15secs min and then turn it back on, like the video said.
However if you want to do this on laptop, you just have to shut it completely down (no sleep or hibernate) and then unplug your adapter and remove the battery for the same 10-15 seconds.
Kudos my man. Same thing happened to me today. I was away rage calling Nvidia / ASUS as I thought it was my GFX card. But a power recycle of the monitor resolved the issue
I do it on dell desktop, it comes to normal but after 3 minutes it becomes half black again
Plug out when the pc is running
Or after shut it down
my laptop windows 10 tow side are like this plz make a video
+fun bun same here
Thankyou for sharing, had a similar problem and your advice fixed it. Genius.
I have two of the exact same one. Both have happened to me and your 10 minute unplug fix did the trick.
lol know I have this problem :) and I was thinking that was my graphics card thank you linus
Dragon Ball Legends!!!
This problem is occurred in laptop so what should I do
same thing is happening to mine, how did you fix it, if you did?
Yes i'm facing same problem in my laptop now.... How can solve this guys
Woah, dealing with this issue now and this video came up as the first option.
This happened similarly on one of the Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends episodes when someone taped the TV screen and the left half turns on.
Hat on backwards is always the sign of an "expert." LOL.
Do you know who this is?.... Mans is quite literally a millionaire because he IS and expert.
Thank you so much! Oh, and marry me, please.
haha why ?
She's thirsty
Maria Jane i do
lol 4438700136 sure
Thanks, can't believe "Turning it off and on again" worked yet again!
Appreciate it man, this chick at my jobs computer just did this at 8 in the morning and of course they call me to fix it...same monitor and all, worked like a charm, props
HOW ABOUT A FUCKING LAPTOP?
Im having the same issue right now. Looks like i have the excact same screen also. Has it been fixed?
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
2024 for me half of my screen was black with a red line going down the middle. Had a tuff time but got it resolved. Reset the driver for my graphics card and updated it. Thank you so much hop I helped somebody!
Having a similar issue now with a second-hand drawing tablet monitor I bought a while back because I wanted a portable of the same brand as my 27-inch stationary one. I've used it a few times, but today I plugged it in for the first time in about 4 months and the right half of the screen is a big white square. Like with this video, the other half of the screen clearly exists beneath the square. This thing doesn't actually have an external power source beyond whatever usb port it plugs into, so I may be out of luck. I'm going to disconnect for ten minutes and see if that helps, and then after that, since this thing has been in a carry bag for 4 months, I'm going to plug it in and let it warm up while leaving it unacknowledged in my display settings and see if that works. Thanks for the video!
Excellent troubleshooting tip. Thank you.
Had a similar issue where half my screen was like a gradient black screen after sleep mode in windows 10. The temporary solution for me was to re-plug the power. I was using the display port and this happened but when I switched to an HDMI cable the problem stopped. Just throwing out what worked for me.
This is exactly what happened to me. I tried turned off the monitor, the PC, unplugging it from the video card... nothing. I saw your video and figured "Unplugging it? That's just crazy enough to work" ... and it did! Thx.
I bought a new monitor lg19`wide, and some games not to work??why?
just updated my GPU today and had this issue, i appreciate the fix!
The same thing is happening to my monitor at work. I am going to try that out. Thanks for sharing!
Feb 2020 and it just happened to me. Rebooting didn't help, switching off the monitor (but keeping it plugged) did nothing either. Only after unplugging and waiting for about a minute (the extend of my patience) did it resolve itself. Thanks for making these videos :-).
Bad part in inverter and the jolt of AC back on will sometimes jar back.
Same thing on my Acer GD235hz. Thanks for the video!
this was the first thing that showed up when searching on google. I can see i use the exact same monitor as you, and un- and replugging all the things, like you said, seems to have solved the problem.
TL;DR: thanks
Just happened to me for first time. Unplugged power cable from monitor for a few min and now it works just fine. Thank you!
I have exactly the same monitor and it happening to me in 2020. unplugged for a few minutes and plugged it back in after seeing this vid and its fine! Thanks Linus!!
Had this happen to me today with the LG monitor and found it to be related to paralel input, the monitor suposedly can accept 2 inputs at the same time and diverts each on half of the screen (since nothing comes trough the other input it just shows black). Lg monitors only have one button/joystick that does everything starting/stopping accessing the menu so I accidentaly turned PBP on. The solution just as the video says remove power long enough and it defaults back to normal, but if your monitor still shows the OSD you can just turn PBP (or whatever it's called by other manufacturers like SBS -side by side or dual input) off and all goes back to normal without unplugging. I might be a few years late to this party :D
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.
Linus can you help me out? 2 or 3 days ago i updated new nvidia geforce update, pc seemed crashed and i restarted it but it wont turn on with monitor. It says no signal and enters the safe mode (monitor). Should i ask for my pc seller to fix it, still have earranty. Or is it possible fix by my self?
I'm trying to boot a 12 year old windows laptop. A white bar of dead pixels appears on the right while the screen is on. I want to crop the display so that I can use the full working area (which is now a square). What do I do?
This issue just started happening to me on my two year old system. I recently updated my graphics card driver and it’s happening more or less when I wake it up from sleep. The first instance was actually when I changed the resolution settings in a game I was playing, such a weird bug.
I resolve it just by restarting my system!
2021 thank you so much man you saved my new PC i just got 5 mins ago hopefully ill be able to play games now
I had a similar problem. Whenever i tried to auto configure, it would not use about 50px on the right of the screen. I could use what was visible, but the picture was squished because of these pixels left out.
After watching your tip video, i tried unplugging it from power and plugging it in. Nope.
I then tried unplugging it from my video card and re-plugging it. This ended up making about 25 pixels on the left now not used. I hit auto config again a few times and it worked itself out. Woot! :D
my hp toychsmart 600 oc shows a blue screen with messages F10 setup, Esc= Boot Menu F11 System Recovery, F9 Diagnosticsc . Need to help how do I fix it
Having this problem but with a 20” tv... how do I fix it? The same way? I’ve tried restoring defaults and have unplugged the tv..
This is happening with my moto e3 power phone.What should I do?
such a coincidence. this just happened to me also and i realized that it is the exact same monitor AcerGD235HZ. Unplugging and repluggin power cord fixed it. Thanks Linus.
Just happened to me also. Did all of the above test but luckily came across this video in my first search, on the good half of my screen; fix the problem. I would like to know what caused this as I had a simular problem but he whole screen was black. Turning it off in a well-timed fit of frustration and coming back to it after a glass of wine, fixed the problem but not untill I had bought a new more expensive displey cable. As far as I can tell the symptom is not repeatable.
My laptop is doing it with stripes on one side and program on the other. I can slightly move the screen part of the laptop and it'll come back on only to keep going on and off. help!
hey friend! i am having the same issue with my windows 10 laptop i dont know how to do this whatever u did in your pc my screen is exactly half black but from downside to up any suggetions?
same here, did you get it fixed somehow?
similar problem, I use Hp 200 g3 ea all in one PC. at some point it fixed, but after I use it for a while the screen start to flicker and began to black out just half of it. please help how do i fix this.
I have a issue with my monitor when i am clicking stuff on my monitor a bunch of random black checker boxes appear and disappear any help would be appreciated to fix this.
good thing you posted this, cause i just bought this monitor and it does this for me too :(
You know I'm haveing the same problem, and the only thing that comes to mind is I some times use NVIDA 3D. The monitor has that 120hz 3d jack so maybe something is up with that.
THANK YOU LINUS!!!
2022, just happened to me and I was confused as hell because I had JUST used the monitor. Thanks, Linus!
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;
Thanks linus :> I was already on Amazon looking for a new one^^
Absolute legend! Just fixed the my monitor problem with your video,thank you very much.