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Monitor borked?

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  • 23-12-2006 5:27pm
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    corblimey
    Registered Users Posts: 4,475 ✭✭✭


    I was in the middle of gambling the kids' inheritance away on the online poker, when my monitor suddenly went quite dark, then went black.

    If I turn the monitor off and back on, it comes on for about 2 seconds, then just goes black again. I checked all the connections, and tried a different monitor (which works fine). I also had a spare VGA cable hanging around which I tried to no avail.

    It's obviously knackered, so is it obvious that it's the monitor itself and there's nothing wrong with my video card, etc?


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    #2
    KdjaCL
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    ehh yeah :)


    try it in another pc if problem exists, you have a broken monitor.


    kdjac


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    Ruu_Old
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    Did it make any noise when it went turned black? A crackle or similar?


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    #4
    corblimey
    Registered Users Posts: 4,475 ✭✭✭corblimey


    No, no noise, just dimmed slightly (like the leccy was just about to go) and went black.

    edit: I've just tried it on a different computer and it worked. So i brought it back to my original computer and it worked. And it stays worked.

    Maybe it just needed a bit of a trip across the room :)


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