dying monitor?

fre4k · 31-January-03, 08:21 PM

I have a monitor (hp v70s, 17 in.) recently i have been having problems getting it to turn on...it comes on for a second but shuts off...repeatedly...but it does come on on occasion. The pixels are the size of mini- m&m's, and there are a few dead pixels in the center of the screen....So is it dying?

Jonny English · 31-January-03, 08:36 PM

I had a monitor do the "turning on for a second & then turning off again" trick a few weeks ago - it died less than two days after first doing it.

so "yes" is the short answer.

You could try it on another PC (to rule out your video card, though it's pretty unlikely that's the problem) & try a different monitor on your rig to confirm, but I think it's probably time for a replacement.

If you can get your monitor to stay on & the display is usuable, my advice would be not to turn it off again until you've got a replacement (unless you have to leave it unattended - in which case you definitely should turn it off, in case it goes out with a bang).

fre4k · 01-February-03, 06:17 PM

lol...ok thanks

makkunbakkun · 17-February-03, 12:24 AM

if its an lcd...it might be that the crystals have burned out...lcds work with liquid crystals and if they produce the same image over and over again that color gets burned into them.....not sure tho

31-January-03, 08:21 PM		#1 (permalink)
fre4k Apex Techie I	dying monitor? I have a monitor (hp v70s, 17 in.) recently i have been having problems getting it to turn on...it comes on for a second but shuts off...repeatedly...but it does come on on occasion. The pixels are the size of mini- m&m's, and there are a few dead pixels in the center of the screen....So is it dying?

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31-January-03, 08:36 PM		#2 (permalink)
Jonny English Etiquette & English Gentleman	I had a monitor do the "turning on for a second & then turning off again" trick a few weeks ago - it died less than two days after first doing it. so "yes" is the short answer. You could try it on another PC (to rule out your video card, though it's pretty unlikely that's the problem) & try a different monitor on your rig to confirm, but I think it's probably time for a replacement. If you can get your monitor to stay on & the display is usuable, my advice would be not to turn it off again until you've got a replacement (unless you have to leave it unattended - in which case you definitely should turn it off, in case it goes out with a bang).

01-February-03, 06:17 PM		#3 (permalink)
fre4k Apex Techie I	lol...ok thanks

17-February-03, 12:24 AM		#4 (permalink)
makkunbakkun Apex Techie II	if its an lcd...it might be that the crystals have burned out...lcds work with liquid crystals and if they produce the same image over and over again that color gets burned into them.....not sure tho