Viewsonic Monitor

Had a power cut today and my Viewsonic monitor was dead, no amount of pressing the power button would bring it to life when the power came on. Booted the PC it is attached too and went and had me tea. Came back to change the power lead and it's working fine. Anyone seen anything like it?

Long turn-on times can happen if a capacitor goes bad. If you turn it off for a while now does it come on quickly or do you get the same delay?

With the power button is instant will have to try with the power lead next time I am down there.

Just tried it. Disconnected the power lead for 2 mins and it came back on instant. Weird.

Edited by Banger (Mon 09-Sep-24 18:01:28)

In reply to a post by Banger:

Anyone seen anything like it?

Power lead/plug includes a fuse. Sounds like the fuse went.

Just one of those thins then. These devices are complicated nowadays, not a simple on/off switch, so something got temporarily disturbed.

The amber power light took a few seconds to go off when I unplugged the lead and my power cut was 12 hours, monitor never been off that long before.

Does the monitor use a switching power supply (internal or wall-plug variety)?

I had something similar sounding to this a bit back with an LED light bulb- the oscillator in the PSU wouldn't start properly unless it was warm.

Could be a capacitor as TM suggested, or a transistor gently dying. Failed completely a couple of weeks later, so be prepared!

You were right bill it has failed completely. Ordered a replacement.

Some things are too complex for their own good, only have to look at the problems people have been having with Sky Glass.

I did not even know Viewsonic was still going.

Using a Philips as a temporary measure until a 2nd hand Dell arrives.