[PLUG] Is my monitor dying?

Galen Seitz galens at seitzassoc.com
Tue May 24 01:22:30 UTC 2011


John Jason Jordan wrote:
> My desktop computer (Lucid, x86_64, up to date) uses the nVidia 6150 on
> the motherboard. The monitor is a Samsung SyncMaster 206BW LCD display,
> roughly three years old, maybe four. I am using the proprietary nVidia
> driver.
> 
> The monitor has always worked fine, but a couple of days ago upon
> restoring from the screensaver in the morning the monitor flashed on
> and off for 10-20 times before finally displaying the screen. The day
> before it worked fine. Every time I try to restore from the screensaver
> now I get the same flashing. The flashing is not completely regular;
> the screen flashes the display for a quarter of a second every two to
> four seconds. 
> 
> Today I needed to reboot the computer for the first time since this
> started. When the login screen tried to display I got the same
> flashing. In other words, restarting the computer did not change
> anything.
> 
> I don't have any other monitors to substitute for testing purposes.
> 
> Any troubleshooting suggestions or other observations welcome.

If you can, try connecting the monitor to your laptop.  Also, I 
wouldn't rule out a problem with your video card rather than the monitor.

Bill's suggestion about checking the cabling is also a good one.

-- 
Galen Seitz
galens at seitzassoc.com



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