fkkeil

Thanks for responding. I think the problem is with some compatibility issue between the LCD and the video card. I have an old desktop and I get a "no signal" sign on the screen when I plug in the monitor but as I said the desktop is very old. However when I looked at the reviews of the monitor on Amazon.com, one of the reviewers had the exact same problem, but they were an expert and said they had to (i) re-write the driver and (ii) adjust the custom timing information. See the link below, the description of the problem is exactly what I am experiencing http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/mem

I having an extremely frustrating problem that I hope someone on here will be able to help me solve it. I recently (about 2 weeks ago) bought a brand new Acer AL2216W 22 inch LCD monitor. I own an HP Pavilion ZD8000 laptop, with Windows XP Media Center OS. The lappy has an ATI Radeon Mobility X600 graphics card. The problem is that the LCD refuses continually has a blank screen. When I boot up the computer, the LCD screen shows intermittently for 3 seconds and then goes blank. If I switch it off and then on it shows for 3 seconds, if I hit the FN button with the monitor toggle button, it