I've been a PC guy since the early 90's. 18 months ago I purchased a use Macbook Pro and stumbled upon this forum. You guys have been a great help with the Macbook. Earlier this week my main PC in my house went to that big PC in the sky and I found myself at the Apple Store. I'm now the new father of a Mac mini.
So on to my question:
Everything with the Mac is going great except one little thing. When I wake up the Mac and the monitor after between 10 to 45 minutes the monitor goes black and then by either moving the mouse, tapping on the space bar or cycling the power on the monitor it usually comes back up with no further problems until the next time I wake up the Mac. I started using the HDMI cable then switched to the DVI via the converter that came with the Mac and the same thing happens. Sometimes when the picture comes back it all snow and cycling the monitor clears that up.
Am I looking at a monitor problem or maybe a video card problem or a setting problem?
So on to my question:
Everything with the Mac is going great except one little thing. When I wake up the Mac and the monitor after between 10 to 45 minutes the monitor goes black and then by either moving the mouse, tapping on the space bar or cycling the power on the monitor it usually comes back up with no further problems until the next time I wake up the Mac. I started using the HDMI cable then switched to the DVI via the converter that came with the Mac and the same thing happens. Sometimes when the picture comes back it all snow and cycling the monitor clears that up.
Am I looking at a monitor problem or maybe a video card problem or a setting problem?