monitor blacking out

[Despain]

hey my secondary monitor keeps randomly blacking out for a few seconds and then comin back

WHAT GIVES  :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

 

[Despain]

ok and now it's just like REALLY DARK whats going on

 

[Despain]

please please please don't tell me that it's fucked because OF ALL DAYS today is the day that fucking banjo-kazooie comes out

 

[Despain]

heygues what THE FUCKING THING WENT BLACK AND ISNT COMING BACK YAAAAAY

fuck you all

first person to come in this thread and NOT GIVE ME A HELPFUL ANSWER gets banned for wasting my fucking time

 

[Despain]

hooked it up to xbox and same thing it's not the computer ffffffFFFCFDSUCK

 

[Venetia]

a.) are all cables tight and secure
b.) is it plugged into a video card or plugged into the mobo? if vid card, test its connection into the mobo. Snug? If mobo, test the connection of the video receiver to the mobo itself, yes it can loosen sometimes.
c.) do you ever have problems booting, or booting into windows (your power management in the BIOS may be wrong)
d.) Have you tried different cables? cables crap out sometimes. look at the solder joints in the cables or the tiny little tines inside the cable's connector. is it missing any tines? is there any loose soldering?
e.) have you tried plugging the power cord into a different outlet (yes this is stupid but sometimes power outlets in older houses can "fizzle" out
f.) is it possible to test your connections with a diff monitor or TV or something. because your video card may be dying. or is this the one plugged into your 360?


If all the above fails, SORRY COMPADRE!!!!!!

 

[Venetia]

just read that you tried it with both machines.

well ... fuck, trying the cables is all i can think of. sometimes monitors die. it happens

 

[Despain]

cables are good i've been going crazy making sure everything's plugged in

it's dead

i'm fucked VFACDS FUCK

this REALLY FUCKING SUCKS

thanks for helping me confirm this!! ^_^

now i have to go drop a hundred fifty bucks that i DO NOT HAVE

 

[Venetia]

sorry

 

[Despain]

your invited to the *sniff* f-f-f-funeral

 

[Zethus]

checked if it supports the resolution?... some monitor can be blank if they don't support a resolution

 

[Despain]

checked if it supports the resolution?... some monitor can be blank if they don't support a resolution

i haven't changed the resolution

 

[Venetia]

it wouldn't randomly start blacking out because of a software inconsistency. It's either the connections, the hardware it's connected to, or the monitor itself. Or the power management, but of course that's a moot point when dealing with plugging it into the 360.

i'll bring a ring of fl-flowers ;-;

 

[Tohsaka]

Could be the backlight. If you look really closely, do you still see stuff?

How long have you had it?

 

[Despain]

Could be the backlight. If you look really closely, do you still see stuff?

How long have you had it?

it was like that for like 15 minutes before it went out completely -- seeting stuff I mean. It was just really dark and if I loked closely it was there. But now it's past that.

IT's like 4 or 5 years old.

 

[Tohsaka]

Well, the lighting it definitely dead. I'm assuming this is an LCD, which also dies from a large amount of usage. That being said, I haven't had any monitors die on me yet. *had a 8 year old one that worked fine*

 

[Cheeze]

Its the Video card....Plain and simple...It has happend to me.

 

[Anski]

Its the Video card....Plain and simple...It has happend to me.

He said he tried it with two computers.
This just in, you're an idiot.

 

[Despain]

problem solved!!!

bought a new monitor LOL

 

[arbiter]

;D