grrrr I think my monitor is broken...

[Reverend_Smitty]

I just got home from a long day at work (I worked 2 jobs today) and decided to check my e-mail on my desktop. It went out of sleep mode, the screen came up for a half a second and then the screen went black and a white light started flickering in one corner of the screen. I even tried the trusty "un-plug and plug back in" cure...nothing. All it does is flicker like a strobe light. I am not in the mood to drop 200 bucks on a new monitor this weekend

:mad:

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1. could be the video card...

plug the monitor into another computer...

[Reverend_Smitty]

2. I'll try it, but I doubt it...

it's doing that strobe-like thing despite the computer being turned off

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3. oh. that's not good...

i recently had a monitor with a crazy display and i dropped $200 on a new one. when i plugged in the new monitor, it had a crazy display too.

a $25 video card fix me up (and luckily i could return the monitor.) its worth a shot.

good luck...

[Roon]

4. Try restarting in safe mode

and see what happends.

[hobbit709]

5. Sleep mode gets whacky sometimes

Turn it off, unplug the power for 10 seconds, plug power cord back in and restart computer.

[hippywife]

6. If you do need a new one

check out your local craigslist. If it's not a flat panel LCD, they should be practically giving them away. Good luck! :hi: