Reverend_Smitty
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Fri Oct-03-08 07:01 PM
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grrrr I think my monitor is broken... |
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I just got home from a long day at work (I worked 2 jobs today) and decided to check my e-mail on my desktop. It went out of sleep mode, the screen came up for a half a second and then the screen went black and a white light started flickering in one corner of the screen. I even tried the trusty "un-plug and plug back in" cure...nothing. All it does is flicker like a strobe light. I am not in the mood to drop 200 bucks on a new monitor this weekend
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Fri Oct-03-08 07:25 PM
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1. could be the video card... |
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plug the monitor into another computer...
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Fri Oct-03-08 07:42 PM
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2. I'll try it, but I doubt it... |
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it's doing that strobe-like thing despite the computer being turned off
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Fri Oct-03-08 07:49 PM
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3. oh. that's not good... |
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i recently had a monitor with a crazy display and i dropped $200 on a new one. when i plugged in the new monitor, it had a crazy display too.
a $25 video card fix me up (and luckily i could return the monitor.) its worth a shot.
good luck...
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Fri Oct-03-08 08:39 PM
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4. Try restarting in safe mode |
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Fri Oct-03-08 08:42 PM
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5. Sleep mode gets whacky sometimes |
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Turn it off, unplug the power for 10 seconds, plug power cord back in and restart computer.
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Fri Oct-03-08 08:49 PM
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6. If you do need a new one |
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check out your local craigslist. If it's not a flat panel LCD, they should be practically giving them away. Good luck! :hi:
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