Why does my monitor blank out?

Thanks sam0510. I’m sure it’s my monitor now though. Hooked up my brothers monitor (which is way older) and works just fine.. guess I need a new monitor now.. :/ Or to get mine fixed… cz it’s not that old.. just 2 years old… we’ve had older ones and they’re fine.

Do you have a PC or laptop??? same thing was happening to my laptop, the power light would come on the the screen would stay blank and do nothing, I couldnt figure it out then realized one of the panels on the bottom was push out a little( if that makes sence) but so I pushed on it gently to push it back in and it worked but it happened a few more times and I kept pushing gently on the bottom and now its seems to be working ok …I dont have a clue whats wrong with it…if you find out what was wrong with yours let me know…sorry I couldnt help though

your video card maybe going out on your pc. you need to see if you have a video card (external) or a internal video card. but a quick check could be to hook up your monitor to another pc or a laptop to see if it does to same thing, if so then your monitor is going out not your video card. to see what video card you have right click on the desktop and goto properties or personalize and then to display settings. under display it should say monitor on either ati someting or nvida something or intel media accel. after that check the card # on the internet for new drivers this can correct the problem. (example nvida ge9600 drivers, which is mine as shown in the picture) look for the newest drivers for you card. so if the newest driver is from lets say decemeber 2008 and the next oldest is from nov 2008 you go with the dec 2008 drivers.