LCD monitor goes black

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Dave850i

Hi I have a Dell 1800FP LCD monitor.I bought it from a
second party so no support from DELL. My monitor will go
black at random.When i turn the monitors power off then
on again the picture comes back on. The monitor worked
fine for 5 months now it does it alot. Especially when
playing games. The problem started when I had Windows ME
on my machine. Here are the steps i have taken to correct
the problem. I upgraded to XP pro put in a new ATI 9800
Pro(needed one anyaways) and the monitor still does it. I
even tried it on my wifes machine which has XP pro on it
and it still does it. I uninstalled it in device manager
then reinstalled.I have reset the monitor and did a self
test on it and it checks out ok.But I go to use it again
and the same crap. Im hoping it might be a bad driver.
Any help would be great. My processor is an AMD 2500xp i
have 512mb DDR ram and running xp pro.
 
Hello

Well since you tried your monitor on another pc and your
still getitng the smae problem maybe it's your monitor that
is the problem and not your pc

Alvin
 
If you have tried the monitor on other computers then I
would say you have a faulty monitor. Try another monitor
on your computer and if it works fine then you can say
your LCD is flaky and its time for a new one or a repair.
There are no special drives needed to run an LCD or
regular monitor so I would doubt that its the drivers.
something is overheating mostlikely.

Joe
 
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