Okay, after-work update.
There was, in fact, the glow of a "black" screen. I walked away from it long enough that the built-in Samsung combination screensaver/error display
kicked in, telling me to check the digital signal cable.
Seeing that, I connected the analog cable that I've had since I got the monitor, disconnected the digital cable, changed the input setting on the monitor,
and lo and behold I get a slightly distorted but still usable image.
So... either bad cable or the DSP card went out again, this time with no warning.
Next step is to buy a new digital video cable and see what happens.
After that... if the cable doesn't work, maybe I'll just skip the customer service bit and buy a new monitor.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
There was, in fact, the glow of a "black" screen. I walked away from it long enough that the built-in Samsung combination screensaver/error display
kicked in, telling me to check the digital signal cable.
Seeing that, I connected the analog cable that I've had since I got the monitor, disconnected the digital cable, changed the input setting on the monitor,
and lo and behold I get a slightly distorted but still usable image.
So... either bad cable or the DSP card went out again, this time with no warning.
Next step is to buy a new digital video cable and see what happens.
After that... if the cable doesn't work, maybe I'll just skip the customer service bit and buy a new monitor.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.