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How To Turn Off "Self Test Feature Check" ?
I have my Dell monitor connected via DVI to the computer. My power settings are set to "Turn off monitor" after 10 minutes, and the screen used to go completely black. Now however, after 10 minutes the screen blacks out for only a few seconds, and then up pops the DVI "Self Test Feature Check." Its so bright at night and I can't figure out how to shut the monitor off like it used to, or why it even stopped doing it in the first place. Any help? p.s. I did a driver rollback and its doing the same thing.
Dev Mgr
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November 26th, 2007 18:00
michaelgazin
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November 26th, 2007 21:00
GuitarCanuck
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November 27th, 2007 17:00
chaotic_ron
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March 17th, 2009 01:00
I have the same problem...but i cant turn my LCD (1907fpc) monitor off cause the switch is broken...if any one has a solution please feel free to contact me.:emotion-15:
GuitarCanuck
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March 17th, 2009 07:00
Sorry ron, I haven't found any other solutions to the monitor Self Check displaying after the computer power is off, so I just manually turn off my monitor.
A lot of times I just leave my computer turned on, and I have my screen saver set to display a completely black screen, so that is another possibility, although obviously it is desirable to turn the computer and monitor off occasionally... Maybe you could plug the monitor into a power bar, and turn the power bar switch off after the computer has been powered down, it you want to avoid having to pull out the monitor power cable... although that is a pain too.
Good luck...
chaotic_ron
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March 18th, 2009 06:00
that is so SAD!
sprung
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December 2nd, 2011 04:00
had this problem on a Dell 2405 LCD monitor. it was turning off fine whenever the computer went to sleep. then , albeit after plugging/unplugging the video connector into other machines, it would just display the 'self test' message whenever the computer was sleeping. turns out I had bent one of the pins on the video cable. after i fixed the pin, all was well again. check your pins/connectors, worked for me!
digitals
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January 8th, 2012 12:00
Yes I have the same problem, the Dell monitor not only always have the "self check" on all the time, but also the power switch doesn't work.
The design is so foolish and the quality is also very bed with the power switch not working.
I will not buy any Dell product any more!!!!
bmeike
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February 24th, 2012 10:00
I'd been living with this problem for nearly a year, when my wife got fed up and asked me to fix it. After poking around a bit, I tried simply changing the cable from the laptop to the monitor (suggested elsewhere: I never would have thought of this myself). That definitely fixed the problem. Using the old cable causes the Self Test block to appear; swapping the new cable in makes it sleep peacefully.
Please note that the old cable is a pretty functional VGA cable. There are no bent pins on either end and the video is fine. It appears that all cables are not created equal..
Cheers.
Blake Meike
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September 4th, 2012 07:00
My screen started doing the same DVI test. I have been having this screen for over 5 years and never experienced this. Checked all the settings on the screen, computer setting whatever related to the monitor or power settings even I knew I did not change anything lately and I did not find anything suspicious, Then Googled 'DVI self test' and was amazed to see the same questions posted all over the net. I saw a few posts about the dvi cables either damaged or loose.
I recalled a few days ago I disconnected the dvi cable from the computer a few days ago. When I plugged it back I did not use the long screws to secure it, since I knew I had to disconnect it again in a few days. I'm not sure this was a problem or because I moved the computer nest day and the cable got slightly loose. But the screen was working normal, I did not have any issues with the picture or anything else. So I reconnected the cable and secured it with the screws. Problem solved!!! The confusing thing was the screen was working fine.
I hope this will help you guys who will run into the same issue.
LBW59
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November 9th, 2012 07:00
My son's computer monitor started doing this. He is away at college so no one has messed with any cables or settings. The computer itself is turned off. The monitor comes on by itself with the Dell Self Test box displayed. I've manually turned the monitor off twice and both times it later TURNED ITSELF BACK ON. Needless to say, this is kind of creepy! I've now turned it off AND unplugged it. If it turns back on this time I'm throwing it out!
ClearBlueSky85
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November 14th, 2014 05:00
I just started having this same exact problem. I have a Dell 1908FP-BLK monitor. It used to go into power save mode, and my other monitor turns off fine, however the Dell monitor displays the digital input self test feature check message. I've tried switching the input from Auto to Digital to Analog, but no matter what mode it is in, the self test message with the three colored bars pops up, which is bright at night and annoying. I recently did upgrade my video drivers. I am using a Radeon HD 5870 and recently upgraded to Catalyst Control Center CCC 14.9 with display driver version 14.301.1001. I have also had other driver issues with this version and get another error occasionally saying that host application has stopped working. I guess I will have to go back to an old version of the display drivers to see if that fixes the issue
speedstep
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November 14th, 2014 10:00
You cannot turn this off. It means there is no video signal.
Antidot74
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October 8th, 2015 00:00
many of the problem was the cable from the monitor. was not the right signal to the graphics card