Monitor is crapping up. Help needed!

[Champ]

My monitor has this wierd habit of going black for a second or two and then returning to normal. It happens often, and I hate it. HATE it. Does anyone know what might be wrong, and what the cure is? New monitor?

 

[Daegon]

yup, probably a dying monitor, or it could possibly be the video card. little more info?

 

[Champ]

What do ye want? I have a Geforce 4 MX420. Pretty crap, and that's why I'm upgrading this very week. Getting an AMD 3400+ and a 6800 GT.

 

[Daegon]

well. fairly recent card. How old is the monitor? (looks like that's the problem) But i've also seen this happen when the refresh rate is set too high/low. what is it set to currently and what is the model of the monitor?

 

[Champ]

I changed my refresh rate from 75 to 70. Also tried 60hz. No change, still blacks out regulary for a second or two. The Geforce 4 MX420 is an old card! It runs the games I want it to run fairly well, but I'm looking forward to playing games on highest settings with AA on. The monitor is 2½ year old now.

 

[BaNDiT]

my monitor does that as well, although my gfx card (9700Pro) overheats quite a bit... im guessing its the gfx card... and the monitor is also fairly new.

 

[Daegon]

fairly recent as in it's not a RIVA128. I'm not concerned for the age of the card. But perhaps we should pursue that a bit. Is the fan on the card (if there is one) still spinning? Is the heatsink covered in dust? how long has this problem been going on?

 

[Champ]

I'll check up on these things tommorow, as it's getting pretty late here. Thanks!

 

[Champ]

Card doesn't have a fan. heatsink isn't covered in dust. Problem has been going on for a couple of months. I reckon it's your first theory. It's a dying monitor.

 

[h4vvok]

How old is the monitor....could just be dusty or loose connector, funny how simple things like that can do annoying bits

 

[-TaNaKa-]

I have a problem with my monitor also:

The screen of my monitor is all f*cked up. The colors are not good ( i tryed to change it ), my screen looks all yellow! And small letters are hard to read. After a while it kinda hurts your eyes, sometimes it can give a pretty headache Its 5 years old. I know, i should buy a new one.

But maybe i can do something, for these 2 months, and then im buying a new pc.

 

[Cyanide]

If you're upgrading to a new video card you might as well wait until you get the new card before you go get a new monitor. That way you can be sure it's the montior and not the Geforce4. 2 1/2 years isn't very old for a monitor. I've had monitors last well over 8 years before dying. If that one is actually dying already I would have second thoughts about getting that brand again.

 

[pixartist]

a friends monitor did the same thing some days ago...i was in teamspeak with him when his monitor started dying ^^ it got faster and faster and i just heard *clickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclick* "wahhh get out! ITS GOIN TO EXPLODE!!"

but id did not...it just clicked on and on ...now he baught a crappy flatscreen :E

 

[Champ]

Thanks for your input everyone. I'll upgrade my rig and if the problem continues I'll just have to buy a new monitor.