Computer monitor problems

dedlyjedly · Post by **dedlyjedly** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:50 pm

My dell lcd monitor seems to be taking a dump on me. About a week ago it began to occassionally cut out on me. It would just flash on and off. I would push and hold the power button to shut it off and then it would come back on just fine. The problem has gotten progressively worse and now I have to not only turn it off, but also unplug the power cord at the monitor for 5-10 minutes to get it to work again. But even then, I'm only getting 5 minute bursts of it actually working before I have to go thru all that over again. Unfortnately it's not like the days of CRT where a swift blow to the side of it would straighten things out!

Any ideas? Other than "don't get a dell, dude!" of course!

Post by **VW337** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 3:02 pm

Laptop or desktop?

My desktop LCD does this every now and again, it's not a dell but an older samsung, it doesn't do it as often as it did now that I updated the video card. The monitor may be going into a power save loop with low signal......

dedlyjedly · Post by **dedlyjedly** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 3:36 pm

desktop...your description sounds like it could be right. what would you recommend i do to prevent it from going into power save mode? update the video card?

soth · Post by **soth** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 5:16 pm

Update the video card drivers for whatever video card you have to start. How old is the LCD? Do you have the refresh rate set properly? As for Dell, they are ok I guess, but I'd rather build my own for personal use.

settings/display/screen saver/power(set settings there)/hibernate tab(disable hibernate).

Other than video driver issues if the monitor is old it could be on it's last legs.

Kevin

1moreamp · Post by **1moreamp** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:06 pm

CALL DELL and ask for warranty support to see if its cover for free. They usually have 3 to 5 year warranties C

Post by **Wakeup** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:54 pm

Most Manufacturers of LCD's support a 3 year warranty. I believe dell branded or Computer manufacturer branded ones IE: HP, DELL, GATEWAY, Emachines etc only support 1 year. I could be wrong. Check soon. Could be a back light failing.

dedlyjedly · Post by **dedlyjedly** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 6:13 pm

1moreamp wrote:CALL DELL and ask for warranty support to see if its cover for free. They usually have 3 to 5 year warranties C

Good call Cecil. It had a 4 year warranty and Dell sent a new one out for me today!

I just assumed it had a 1 or 2 year warranty max.

1moreamp · Post by **1moreamp** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 6:45 pm

dedlyjedly wrote:
1moreamp wrote:CALL DELL and ask for warranty support to see if its cover for free. They usually have 3 to 5 year warranties C
Good call Cecil. It had a 4 year warranty and Dell sent a new one out for me today! I just assumed it had a 1 or 2 year warranty max.

COOL ! glad to have been helpful Dell can be Ok sometimes, they make enough money to actually be nice most of the time....C