I'm pretty sure the problem is with the electronic on/off switch, but none-the-less, it's dead.
Purchased on 10 January 2017, the warranty card say it's under 3 year warranty, and I still have the receipt for this $1,325 USD monster, and so will need to contact ASUS in Thailand to get it repaired.
This will take time, I think, as this kind of warranty service is very slow, especially over here.
This means, sadly, I will have to serious slow down forum changes and feature development for now, as I cannot work well on my little 13" MacBook Air screen.
I'll fix the user badge icons and make a few minor changes based here and there (see this thread), but the rapid update / development path I've been on will slow way down until I get this monitor repaired by ASUS.
Yes, of course. In fact, the monitor was totally unplugged for over 24 hours while I was away from my desk (power cable disconnected from the wall).
This is a possibility. I did put a meter on the power supply output and got the 20 volts in the spec; but that does not speak for the the power output and amps of the supply.
Computer drivers are not the issue because the monitor does not power up, totally independent of a computer. Normally, with no computer connected it powers up and there is an "no signal detected" message on the display and the red "gamers glow" turn on.
It's dead. I think it's the electronic switch; but it could be the power supply, I'm guessing 50/50 switch or power supply at this point in time.
This super duper ASUS monitor will not power up (again) so all forum web development is paused until the ASUS repair person comes by and fixes this beast again
After leaving the crazy thing unplugged for an hour and having enjoying a glass of red wine on my balcony; plugged it back in and Boom! Working again...
Maybe I will clean up some more CSSs tomorrow, moving inline styles to CSS and cleaning up my mess...
Never ending work....always more and more to do!!!!
After searching the net, this is a common problem with the ASUS ROG PG348Q.
However, I think I found a solution.
When the ASUS ROG PG348Q will not turn back on after being powered off, I found I had to do two things.
Unplug the monitor from the power supply; AND
Unplug the monitor from the display port in the computer.
It seems me that somehow the computer display port (in my case the MacPro) is sending some signal which is blocking the power-on function; maybe it is part of a "sleep mode" handshake between the computer and the monitor, which is buggy, I'm not sure.
I wish this great monitor just had a simple, mechanical ON/OFF switch; but I guess those days are long gone
Yeah, at least one more year of warranty, that's cool and ASUS service is good. They send a tech to my condo, which is cool.
I could not develop software if I used the screen on my 13" MacBook Air(s) like I used to; and that is one of the reasons for years I stopped coding. It was too much of an eye strain to code on small screens.
However, I love this 34" curved monitor, and if I had the table space, I would have three of them surrounding me!
For anyone who loves to code or develop software and feels eye strain using a monitor, and you are currently using a monitor less than 21", I would highly recommend you get a monitor like this one. It's a total life changer!
