HP LCD monitor turns itself off, wont turn back on-any silly things I'm overlooking?

[Jeff]

There seems to be a theme lately of friends with broken computers having me on speed dial, especially for intermittent and other oddball problems :blah:

Tonight a friend with an 18-month-old HP desktop called. Their 17" HP LCD is all of a sudden just turning itself off after 10 to 60 minutes, and then wont turn back on until its been off for a while. If they put the computer into standby, it will turn back on just fine.

At this point, it sounds to me like a problem with the monitor itself that is probably beyond my ability to fix. It is in an air conditioned home, and it's connected via the same power strip that powers the computer which continues to run fine.

Anything simple other than windows xp's power settings that I might be missing?

[Jeff]

Never mind - went over and jiggled the power cable and reseated all connections and it worked flawlessly for over two hours for me - wondering if it was just a fluke as I was not able to recreate the problem that had been plaguing them for days.

[Randall]

I bet it was aliens, the same ones that killed my routers (http://www.aota.net/forums/showthread.php?t=19916). :wah:

Next time a flying saucer stops for directions, I'm gonna send them around the long way.

Randall

[Jeff]

I bet it was aliens
Hey, I had trouble keeping a straight face when I told 'em "you have to snap your fingers while you jiggle the connections for it to work"

They laughed on the phone, but when i did it in person and the monitor came to life, I think they were impressed.