[PLUG] Is my monitor dying?

John Jason Jordan johnxj at comcast.net
Sat May 28 16:32:54 UTC 2011


On Sat, 28 May 2011 08:50:51 -0700
John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net> dijo:

>
>This morning it has been flashing for the past 45 minutes. It is
>getting worse and worse, which makes it pretty likely that it is
>a hardware problem.
>
>I have also connected my laptop to it and it still flashes. The laptop
>has an nVidia NVS Quadro 140M and uses the nouveau driver. The GUI
>showed that the Quadro detected the Samsung monitor and got its EDID
>correctly. I set it to mirror the laptop, but the monitor is still
>flashing.
>
>The next step is to find a different monitor to try out. 

Edit:

Just used Samsung Support Live Chat and confirmed that the monitor is
kaput. Now I'm trying to find the sales receipt from Fry's to see if
it's still within the 3-year warranty. Else, I'll just buy a new
monitor. And not a Samsung.



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