Monitor failure

[Carole]

Oh  b........... I was just in the middle of typing a reply on the forum when my monitor went black.  Hard drive still working OK, I have tried pressing the On/off switch and holding it and I get a brief glance of what is on the screen but goes off almost instantly.

Very annoying as I have lots on my desk top I need.  Now using my laptop. 

Also I do on-line medical typing and my Vista laptop won't play the transcription on Windows Media Player it says my browser won't play windows Media but to try internet Explorer, how does that help I am already using it!!?? 

Does this sound like a Monitor failure to you?

I've tried tightening up the monitor cable.  I tried shutting down and re-starting (obviously could not do this on screen and had to just switch it off.
 
I guess I'll just have to buy a new one.  Don,t suppose any-one has a flat screen monitor surplus to requirements I could buy.

Carole

[Mike]

Carole - Have you ever had yourself checked out for abnormal magnetic fields or something? I have never known anyone to have so much trouble with PC's !

[PhilB]

Carole, I don't have a flat screen but I do have a CRT you can have for nought.

[Carole]

I have never known anyone to have so much trouble with PC's

I don't normally have problems with my desktop, it's only been with trying to attach new hardware to laptop for imaging I have had trouble.

Thanks Phil but I think I'd rather stick out for a flat screen. 

So can any-one tell me if this monitor has "had it" or does it sound like something simple that can be fixed.

Carole

[PhilB]

I have never known anyone to have so much trouble with PC's

Thanks Phil but I think I'd rather stick out for a flat screen. 

So can any-one tell me if this monitor has "had it" or does it sound like something simple that can be fixed.

Carole

Not a problem, Carole. It's likely to be around for a few weeks yet, should you change your mind.

As regards your problem, it's difficult to say without seeing it. Flat screens do tend to move around. This makes connectors "walk" out of their sockets. Are you sure that it's plugged in correctly? Try the power connector from the system unit. You know that that works. Plug it into the screen and see if it comes to life. If so then it may just be the fuse in the monitor power cable.

[Carole]

I've checked all the cables Phil. Maybe it might be an idea to borrow your screen just to prove it's the monitor.  I'll PM you.

Carole

[mickw]

Plug top FUSE

[Mac]

i know this sounds like a strange request.

When you look at the monitor from a very oblique angle can you actually see anything on the screen??

Only ALL monitors have a back light that is used to illuminate the screen.
and if its gone black, the chances are this lamp has failed.
but you can still see things on the screen when you look at it from acute angles.

As for repairing it.

depends on the age of it.
It could be the invertor, or the lamp.

hmmmmmmm.

I'd buy a new one if its over three years old.
although the lamps are about £15 and the invertors are upto £140.
http://www.lcdparts.net


Mac.

[Carole]

No can't see anything at an angle.  When I first posted this I could get the Monitor to light up for a split second but now it doesn't do it at all.  It is probably about 3 years old,so I think i am going to borrow one in the first instance to check.  I'#m sure there's nothing wrong with the hard-disk and then get myself a new one.

I don,t think it is a fuse because power is getting to the Monitor because if I press the on-off switch, the switch will light up but then goes off again.  When i did this earlier the screen would also light up momentarily.

Carole

PS You can see by all the typos why I hate typing on a laptop, the keys are not spaced the same as a desktop and if you're a typist you just keep hitting the wrong keys!!

[Ian]

nylon knickers.

[Mike]

The alternative is your GFX card is up the creek. if you're lucky it might just be a dodgy cable.

[Carole]

I'm going to borrow Phil's in the first instance.  I'll ring you phil.

Carole

[Carole]

my Vista laptop won't play the transcription on Windows Media Player it says my browser won't play windows Media but to try internet Explorer, how does that help I am already using it!!??

Sorted had to download an add on or something.

Also had a problem logging into my E mails from the laptop (i.e. on the web as opposed to using the Outlook on my desktop).  Virgin Media login page kept going round in circles and coming back to the same page.  So I rang the helpline and they said there is a current problem with Internet Explorer and suggested I downloaded something else.  I have installed Firefox and it now works fine.

Don't know whether there is generally a problem with IE or whether it is just Virgin Media, but this is just a "heads up" in case any-one else is having a problem.

Currently without access to my electronic diary which tells me everything I have to do and reminders (bound to forget something!!) and all my E mail addresses.  Must seriously start to do more back ups once it's all running again.  I had previously exported my address book to my Hotmail account as a back up, but I can't seem to import it to my Webmail.

Never mind, hope to get it sorted soon.

Always something!!!

Carole

[Mac]

Don't know whether there is generally a problem with IE

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Its just so badly programmed. and full of bloatware.

Mac.

[Mike]

ect ?