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| Thread ID: 49298 | 2004-09-15 07:40:00 | Is a new monitor the answer? | write-click (2248) | Press F1 |
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| 272635 | 2004-09-15 07:40:00 | I have a PC Company 19" monitor that is almost three years old. A few months ago, whatever was on screen started blowing up in size and the screen darkened after the computer had been on for an hour or so, and I got an irritating flicker in the top left hand corner. Plus whenever I turned it on from cold, that 'factory burn-in' message came up. The only way around the problem is to adjust the horizontal size, but then the next time the computer is turned on, it has to be resized. I got a friend who repairs computers to have a look but it didn't play up while he had it, so what I am asking is, does it sound like a monitor problem or is the computer itself the problem? It doesn't matter what software is running - it does it in Photoshop, Word, IE and Outlook Express. I was planning on buying a new monitor tomorrow, but am a bit worried that will not solve the problem. I had hoped to plug in the monitor from another computer I own, but the pin connections are different sizes. Advice please? The computer is also a PC Co one, bought together with the monitor in 2001. |
write-click (2248) | ||
| 272636 | 2004-09-15 07:46:00 | It could be the PC graphics. You need to try another monitor that is known to be good and see if it plays up as well. |
Davesdad (923) | ||
| 272637 | 2004-09-15 07:53:00 | Sounds like the digital circuitry could be losing its 'memory', perhaps a diode going soft. PC Co, like PC General never made monitors, they will have been re-badged el-cheapos, probably the most el-cheapos they could get :) A repair would not be economical anyway, not when you consider the price these days of a new one. I dont understand what you mean by different pin connection sizes. 'All' vga monitors have a 15 pin connector, some have a 15 pin socket on the monitor which takes a cable, others (the majority) have the vga cable built in. Some older monitors have 3 BNC RGB sockets. Apple-Macs have had and some may still have different connectors, and you have to go back yonks to EGA etc 9 pin connectors. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 272638 | 2004-09-15 08:01:00 | Thanks, I am going to try and get hold of a spare monitor to see if the problem continues. I'd hate to buy a new monitor and find the computer was the problem all along! Why does my computer always play up when I have a lot of work on?!!! |
write-click (2248) | ||
| 272639 | 2004-09-15 08:12:00 | Thanks Terry, I was thinking along the same lines myself, not worth repairing something three years old, as in computer terms, that is probably about 90! The pin sizes - the PC monitor has a cable with about a small connector, the Mac one is larger and has 10 pins. It fitted into another connection on my PC, but wouldn't work. | write-click (2248) | ||
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