Monitor is doing nothing

[Spartan923]

My monitor just shut off last night but computer was still on. Figured that everything would be fine after a restart. Nope not the case.
Right now my computer is on and i assume working fine, except that now my monitor refuses to display anything. It is also on, it will show the menus, but i cant switch between anything on them

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[Insert Name Here²]

Press Windows key and P at the same time and select "Extend"

[Pastrey Crust]

Give it something to do, silly.

[Clone v.117]

Give the cords a wiggle.
Everything can be solved with a good wiggle.

[Spartan923]

Press Windows key and P at the same time and select "Extend"

um, i cant see anything, thats the problem

Also already wiggled the cords, no dice

[Insert Name Here²]

um, i cant see anything, thats the problem

Oh I thought you said you could see the menus on the second monitor.

Check the cables on both front and back of the montor and press them extra hard

[RedGajin]

this could be signs of early onset depression, you should sit down and have a talk with it
some activities i would suggest would be:
exercise
a hobby
social events

hope this helps :-)

[Spartan923]

replugging in my videocard didnt work
 

Oh I thought you said you could see the menus on the second monitor.

Check the cables on both front and back of the montor and press them extra hard

well I think for whatever reason is happening and I dont know why its stuck on it is that its switched to power saving mode as if my computer was sleeping or something
also when I press the menu button on it, it does flick on and display the menu, but doesnt allow me to switch between them for some reason

the monitor in question is a lg flatron 27ea31v-b

[Spartan923]

looks like switching to a HDMI cable worked
dunno for how long or why it even happened but whatever

[BluetoothBoy]

"Monitor is doing nothing"

Bad parenting probably.

[Spartan923]

man I dont get it, whenever I post here for help I just mostly stuffty jokes, but anyone else they usually get some decent help

[Jubel]

If it doesn't work with a new cable or through your integrated graphics the monitor is probably fubared.
If a different cable fixes the problem it was probably the cable.
If integrated graphics work then your GPU is toast. (But you should've gotten a big error if that happened)

[Spartan923]

Wew loving lad, that hdmi just starting doing the same forgetin thing, guess its time to go buy some new cables

[SteveJenkins]

unless the cables are visibly broken or extremely old I doubt new cables will fix your issue

cant help beyond that but don't waste money on new cables you might not need

[keesfani]

It's the damn Mexicans stealing your monitor's electricity. Build a firewall into your desktop's internet Border and make your user experience great again!