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Thread ID: 70733	2006-07-14 05:05:00	Intermittent Blanking of LCD Monitor	pctek (84)	Press F1

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
470698	2006-07-14 05:05:00	What causes intermittent blanking of an LCD screen? Its not often, doesn't stay blank but does do it o occasion. I suggested updating the graphics driver for a start and ringing the onsite warranty people second as its a new monitor, but just wondering?	pctek (84)
470699	2006-07-14 05:29:00	Is it just the backlight failing? Shine a torch on it when it blanks, if the data is still "just visible" then its certainly the backlight.	godfather (25)
470700	2006-07-14 05:56:00	Have you managed to see the screen contents like that, GF? I've got one laptop which does this, and I've never been able to see the contents. It's a transmission, rather than reflective, lighting system. I just move the screen back and forth, and it comes on again. Whether the bending of the wires restarts the inverter or it's just conicidence, I'm never sure. :D	Graham L (2)
470701	2006-07-14 06:28:00	At the right angle the data is often "barely visible" apparently with the torch held up very close. It may depend on the screen construction but it has been shown as a working method to diagnose it by others, on other forums. Of course as my systems never fail, I have not needed to use it....	godfather (25)
470702	2006-07-14 09:18:00	Is it just the backlight failing? Shine a torch on it when it blanks, if the data is still "just visible" then its certainly the backlight. It better not be, its only 2 weeks old. He couldn't tell that -- his eyesight isn't good enough, and I can't, I'm in a totally different island to him.	pctek (84)
470703	2006-07-15 02:55:00	So a very bright torch and a telescope, perhaps. The earth is flat, isn't it?	Graham L (2)
470704	2006-07-15 03:25:00	Ok so pick a gopher . . . . . . . . . . any gopher and send em to look? say a nana cake for payment or somfink????? :D anyway doesnt Winston have a telescope? you could borrow his to check???? :p id lend you my torch but it seems to have died this week???? :xmouth: where in said other island is this person? beetle	beetle (243)
470705	2006-07-15 03:31:00	For God's sake, pctek don't send beetle though. If it's not broken now, it will be as soon as she gets even close to it. Even the torch seems to have suffered the beetle phenomena?	godfather (25)
470706	2006-07-15 03:38:00	:eek: :lol: oh come on Goddie . . . . . . . . . . . . youre sposed to be helping me get rid of this electricfying problem not scaring my friends away . . . . . . . . . :D i do admit tho that i must be on a roll this week, ive managed to blow the same lightbulb in hall 3 times this week . . . . . . . . :D run out of bulbs now tho . . . . . :D beetle	beetle (243)
470707	2006-07-15 06:09:00	Haha, very funny, I'd send Beetle. :thumbs: But its Napier. Anyway doesn't matter, he's updated the graphics driver and so far so good, if it occurs again, he can ring the 0800 number for the warranty people. Its onsite. Although installing that driver turned out to be a major disaster....A looonnggg story...	pctek (84)
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