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11-07-2006, 09:58 AM
|  | Frozen | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: N.E. Lincolnshire
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| | | Dulally monitor!
A couple mornings this week when I've turned the computer on, the monitor hasn't come on. If you press the monitor on/off button and leave it for a second and turn it on again, the monitor comes on. This morning though when I did this, the monitor came on but the picture only stayed there a few seconds before it faded away to blackness. I did the on/off a couple of more times and it eventually stayed on!
Do you think the monitor is on the way out or what? Or could it be the graphics card?
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Alan |
11-07-2006, 10:46 AM
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Sound like it's time to treat yourself to a new flat screen. If the wife tells you that it costs too mutch, tell her that I told you to do so. 
Try unpluging it from the PC if it doesn't work then, theres your answer. Oh don't try to open the back and tinker as we like you best alive
kev |
11-07-2006, 10:54 AM
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Cheers Kev
Why would your wife tell me it costs too much 
Good job I'm not married - still cost too much though 
The trouble is it's a good monitor! Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 720. It was one of the best ones you could get, and it still is to some extent I believe!
What did you mean about unplugging it? What will/should happen? Won't it just go blank, or do you mean if you plug it back in, it should just come straight back on again?
I don't want to fade away I tell ya!  |
11-07-2006, 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Alan Cheers Kev
Why would your wife tell me it costs too much
Good job I'm not married - still cost too much though
The trouble is it's a good monitor! Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 720. It was one of the best ones you could get, and it still is to some extent I believe!
What did you mean about unplugging it? What will/should happen? Won't it just go blank, or do you mean if you plug it back in, it should just come straight back on again?
I don't want to fade away I tell ya! |  My wife says that everything is too expensive.
A good CRT monitor is better than any flat screen that I have seen. But my flat's just fine and its a cheapy from Dell. If you powerup the monitor without it being connected to the PC you should get an error message come up. If not try to get the monitor control menu up. if you get nothing it's dead
A dam good kicking can sometimes work as a FINAL resort (The screen, not the wife)
Kev |
11-07-2006, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Chalk Downlanders My wife says that everything is too expensive.
A good CRT monitor is better than any flat screen that I have seen. But my flat's just fine and its a cheapy from Dell. If you powerup the monitor without it being connected to the PC you should get an error message come up. If not try to get the monitor control menu up. if you get nothing it's dead
A dam good kicking can sometimes work as a FINAL resort (The screen, not the wife)
Kev | I think I gave the wrong impression on my first post! 
I'm looking at it now so it does work. It's just that a couple of times when turning on it goes dead! That's why I was wondering if it's on the way out! |
11-07-2006, 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Alan I think I gave the wrong impression on my first post!
I'm looking at it now so it does work. It's just that a couple of times when turning on it goes dead! That's why I was wondering if it's on the way out! |
Hmmmm. Possibly PC problem. Just wait and see.
kev |
11-07-2006, 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Alan I think I gave the wrong impression on my first post!
I'm looking at it now so it does work. It's just that a couple of times when turning on it goes dead! That's why I was wondering if it's on the way out! |
You're looking at it now??
I thought it was telepathy ... I know you're usually operating on a different plane to the rest of us* .... * Is the plane a Boeing 747?
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11-07-2006, 11:31 AM
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Is anybody there. Is anybody there?
It's gone black I tell ya!
I'm melting, melting....mel..ting...m..e..l..t..i......n.....g. ......
.........beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep... . . |
11-07-2006, 03:41 PM
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time to buy a new one, by the sound of it.
oh btw its doolalley- originally a place in india which was very hot , and made people posted there turn a bit strange
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11-07-2006, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by eeyore time to buy a new one, by the sound of it.
oh btw its doolalley- originally a place in india which was very hot , and made people posted there turn a bit strange | I stand corrected.
Oh btw, have you been there? |
11-07-2006, 03:57 PM
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You guys will have us all doing the Doolalley Tap before you've finished!!!
Tink |
11-07-2006, 07:47 PM
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You have checked the leads and pins Alan..... Yeah course you have ..... Buy yourself a TFT / LCD.
Shame it wasn't last month, we just got rid of 350 19" CRT monitors at Uni.
If it helps, here are the winning numbers on next Saturday's Lotto
05 12 23 29 34 43
Good luck mate
John |
11-07-2006, 07:54 PM
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Could it be just the on/off switch? spray a little switch cleaner on it, with the monitor OFF
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11-07-2006, 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by FungiJohn You have checked the leads and pins Alan..... Yeah course you have ..... Buy yourself a TFT / LCD.
Shame it wasn't last month, we just got rid of 350 19" CRT monitors at Uni.
If it helps, here are the winning numbers on next Saturday's Lotto
05 12 23 29 34 43
Good luck mate
John | Cheers for cheering me up John! Next time something breaks, I'll make sure it's a month earlier
Them numbers are no good, tried'em already |
11-07-2006, 08:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Alan Cheers for cheering me up John! Next time something breaks, I'll make sure it's a month earlier
Them numbers are no good, tried'em already | I'll put them on Alan .... You save up for that monitor
If I win the big one the LCD's on me |
11-07-2006, 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by FungiJohn I'll put them on Alan .... You save up for that monitor
If I win the big one the LCD's on me | If you win it with those numbers I'll be borrowing some of your Fly Agaric Lol! |
11-07-2006, 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Alan I stand corrected.
Oh btw, have you been there? | no, my strangeness is a ntural talent, like my manly charm
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11-07-2006, 09:46 PM
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Could it still be under warranty?
Almost all monitors come with 3 year warranties, especially quality ones like yours. It's a little fact that retailers forget to mention, hoping to sell their extortionate extended warranties. |
11-07-2006, 09:48 PM
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I'm fairly certain that the manly charm isnt under warranty , after all i've been using it for 18 years
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11-07-2006, 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by glsammy Could it still be under warranty?
Almost all monitors come with 3 year warranties, especially quality ones like yours. It's a little fact that retailers forget to mention, hoping to sell their extortionate extended warranties. | Unfortunately Alan can't remember the lorry it fell out of |
11-07-2006, 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by FungiJohn Unfortunately Alan can't remember the lorry it fell out of | That will explain why it dosen't work very well |
11-07-2006, 09:54 PM
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Here's me trying to put a serious point over.. I'll retire gracefully from the scene.  |
11-07-2006, 09:57 PM
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All these comments are no good to me as I can't see any of them.. |
11-07-2006, 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Alan All these comments are no good to me as I can't see any of them.. | Ah, caught him out there, if he can't see 'em how does he know there are so many comments..  |
11-07-2006, 10:32 PM
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The same way I know about the hordes of ladeez who find me wildly attractive
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