I usually turn off my monitors overnight, and leave my CPU running to allow an uninterrupted virus scan at 2 AM. My Acer AL2416W monitor refuses to start properly. When I hit the Power button in the morning, 9 of 10 times or maybe 99 times out of 100, I see a momentary "acer" splash, then darkness. After many repeated tries of Off then On, the acer splash "sticks," and the monitor comes to life, displaying the program sent to it. (This is in a three-monitor setup, using the Matrox DualHead2Go Digital SE external multi-display adapter.) The other two (Dell) monitors fire up as expected.
Eventually I will try shifting monitors, positions, cabling, etc., when I'm not so lazy. Just wondering if anyone else has seen this.
My remedy, once I'm successful, is to leave the Acer monitor running 24/7. That cures it, which also probably will lead to its eventual failure and replacement with a different monitor. Oh well. Maybe it just has a hard time getting up in the morning, like me, sometimes.
