My nice Samsung widescreen LCD monitor died last night, or so it seems.
I came home, jiggled the mouse to get the computer out of screen saver, and the screen started flickering like nuts. This had happened a couple times a few
weeks ago, and a reboot cleared it up, so I rebooted, but this time I got nothing. No BIOS logo or anything, and no beep codes indicating boot problems -- the
PC sounded like it was booting just fine, except, of course, no video. Normally I see at least an overlay in the corner saying "Digital" to indicate
what kind of video feed the monitor's getting, but not even that this time, and except for the power button which lights up (and blinks after a few moments
to indicate no signal), none of the other front-panel controls respond. Even if my video card is dead I should at least get the menu and input source buttons
to put something up on the screen. So logic dictates the monitor has died.
Peggy is, of course, spazzing out over this because we only got it, what, two years ago? And is on the verge of condemning all LCD screens as short-lived junk
now.
It looks like I'm going to have to buy a new monitor, but if anyone has any advice for troubleshooting I can try first, I'd be happy to have it.
Thanks.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
I came home, jiggled the mouse to get the computer out of screen saver, and the screen started flickering like nuts. This had happened a couple times a few
weeks ago, and a reboot cleared it up, so I rebooted, but this time I got nothing. No BIOS logo or anything, and no beep codes indicating boot problems -- the
PC sounded like it was booting just fine, except, of course, no video. Normally I see at least an overlay in the corner saying "Digital" to indicate
what kind of video feed the monitor's getting, but not even that this time, and except for the power button which lights up (and blinks after a few moments
to indicate no signal), none of the other front-panel controls respond. Even if my video card is dead I should at least get the menu and input source buttons
to put something up on the screen. So logic dictates the monitor has died.
Peggy is, of course, spazzing out over this because we only got it, what, two years ago? And is on the verge of condemning all LCD screens as short-lived junk
now.
It looks like I'm going to have to buy a new monitor, but if anyone has any advice for troubleshooting I can try first, I'd be happy to have it.
Thanks.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.