Okay, so I have this extremely weird problem with my ACER flatscreen monitor. I'm not exactly trying to fix it so much as understand how, from an electronics standpoint, something could possibly function like this.
When my power goes out and is restored, my monitor won't turn back on normally. I have to unplug it, and walk it around my house, plugging it into various outlets until it finds one it likes. Then it will turn on and work perfectly again in any outlet until the power is cut off from it again.
I've tried waiting up to 30 minutes and plugging it back into the original outlet. No dice. It needs a new outlet (could even be in the same room) before it goes back to the original. I've had this monitor in multiple locations too, so it's not the wiring in my specific house or the specific outlet I've been using.
Basically, somehow, my monitor "knows" it's been plugged into a different outlet, and furthermore seems to have some sort of preference for outlets after being rudely cut off from its source of power.
So what's the deal?
When my power goes out and is restored, my monitor won't turn back on normally. I have to unplug it, and walk it around my house, plugging it into various outlets until it finds one it likes. Then it will turn on and work perfectly again in any outlet until the power is cut off from it again.
I've tried waiting up to 30 minutes and plugging it back into the original outlet. No dice. It needs a new outlet (could even be in the same room) before it goes back to the original. I've had this monitor in multiple locations too, so it's not the wiring in my specific house or the specific outlet I've been using.
Basically, somehow, my monitor "knows" it's been plugged into a different outlet, and furthermore seems to have some sort of preference for outlets after being rudely cut off from its source of power.
So what's the deal?