Can you test this monitor on a different PC or a different monitor on this PC?
If the PC is freezing, I would tend to doubt it's the monitor. Possibly the video card or a memory issue, or maybe just a video card driver issue...
Reboot and press F12 before Windows starts to load. Go to Utilities partition and run the hardware tests, including video and RAM. Copy down error messages -if any.
If no error messages, power off and unplug. Press/hold power button for ~15 sec. Open case and carefully reseat RAM modules and all PCI cards in their slots. Used canned air to blow out the dust bunnies. Close the case and boot PC and see if that helped.
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Can you test this monitor on a different PC or a different monitor on this PC?
If the PC is freezing, I would tend to doubt it's the monitor. Possibly the video card or a memory issue, or maybe just a video card driver issue...
Reboot and press F12 before Windows starts to load. Go to Utilities partition and run the hardware tests, including video and RAM. Copy down error messages -if any.
If no error messages, power off and unplug. Press/hold power button for ~15 sec. Open case and carefully reseat RAM modules and all PCI cards in their slots. Used canned air to blow out the dust bunnies. Close the case and boot PC and see if that helped.