I had a power outage in my apartment today during a Windows 7 SP1 update. I installed SP1 and it told me to restart so I did and that's when the power outage happened. After the power came back on, I started the computer and it looks like the computer is running normally but my monitor is not getting a signal. I am using a Wacom Cintiq 21UX. I tried unplugging all the cords and plugs in the power strip and turning it back on. I also tried a strange method I read in another thread of removing the power cord, holding the on button for 30 seconds, putting the power cord back in, and turning it on. Still no dice. How can I get my monitor to turn on? please help..
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It may be that a surge immediately preceding or following the outage damaged your video card or monitor. Examine the video card for any visible damage, and try replacing it with another (or try the monitor on another machine) to verify that it isn't your monitor.
5I just had the exact same problem. All we did is repeatedly hit the f8 button while the computer was booting up, this took us to a screen that gave us a choice to either start in 'safe mode' or 'repair computer'. We opted to repair computer and did a system restore dating back a week. The problem was instantly fixed and it was all pretty easy.
