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Question posted by michellevisnic13 on April 28th, 2015

Help My My Monitor Is In Sleep And Won't Wake Up

my gateway desktop computer when i went to wake it up , it said no signal display ports. The computer is on and the blje light on the moniter is on but the moniter itself isnt turning on

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Answer #1: Posted by BusterDoogen on April 28th, 2015 3:16 PM

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Check the video cable from the computer to the monitor. I also suggest you reboot the pc to see if it will clear the fault.

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