Monitor Not Working!

#1 iain13

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Posted 13 July 2010 - 03:25 PM

My computer monitor was working fine but when i came back from cooking some tea and moved the mouse to get rid of the screen saver the picture flashed for a second then the screen when blank.
The on light is still working and turning the monitor off and on again will display the image for a second and then go blank again.
I have tried the monitor on a different computer and the same thing occurs.

Does anybody know what the problem is and how it can be fixed?

The only thing i can think of is that I was changing the resolution setting earlier today, but set them back to their original settings. Perhaps this could have been the source of the problem

Any help will be much appreciated
many thanks,
iain 13

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Posted 13 July 2010 - 05:05 PM

Changing the resolution won't affect it. It was smart of you to check the monitor with another computer. That was going to be a suggestion. What is the make and model of the monitor? Is it under any warranty?

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#3 iain13

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Posted 14 July 2010 - 01:18 AM

Thank you for your response,

It is a Dell E172FPb and I have had it quite a while (around 5 years) so I imagine that it is just worn out or something

I have also tried the cables with another monitor so it must be the monitor itself

Thanks,
Iain13

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Posted 18 July 2010 - 03:06 PM

Hi. If you have another working monitor try that. If it doesn't work, then you probably have a problem with your graphics package.

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Posted 16 November 2010 - 07:42 AM

have you tried re-plugging it in?

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Posted 12 October 2011 - 08:47 PM

iain13, on 13 July 2010 - 03:25 PM, said:

I have the same problem with my Ovation flat screen. Changing the resolution setting didn't help. We have yet to repair it.

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Posted 17 October 2011 - 02:22 AM

iain13, on 13 July 2010 - 03:25 PM, said:

Well, not so long ago I had the same problem but with a CRT monitor which served me 13 years. But when I was changing my CRT for an LCD they told me its life is usually about 5 years, so... Hopefully, my monitor will last longer.

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