Monitor gone bang ?

sirin

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Hi

Got some wireless kit on friday, and set that all up. Anyway, in the process of doing that, I had to restart the PC's. When I went to reboot the PC, the monitor just showed black. The light showing what mode the monitor is in shows green (ie - powered up) but it's just not showing any picture. So I turned off the PC, took out the leads etc, blew them out (for dust etc) re-seated them and restarted the PC. Still, nothing. When I take out the blue lead (dunno what it is called, the one that plugs into the GFX card, input lead I guess) the monitor shows the little picture which says that it is not plugged in, if you know what I mean.

I took the monitor off my brother's PC and plugged that in, all works fine.

When I try the "Broken" monitor on bro's PC, the exact same thing happens.


Also, may be related to this. I formatted the PC in question a while ago, when windows had all loaded up, the speakers did not work. My brothers speakers also do not work in our PC.

Anyone got any ideas ? Has the monitor died ? We have had it for at least 4 years, and with 3 gamers in the house it gets used a fair bit.
Anything need clarification just ask.

Cheers

Chris
 

caLLous

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If it's doing the same on a different PC then that would suggest that it is the monitor that's screwed.
 

sirin

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Ok thought so, I just wanted to check that it had died before I buy a new one.

Thanks

Chris
 

Tom

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Obviously you've considered repairing it.
 

TheJkWhoSaysNi

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Yeah, my monitor did that, and it was just a little fuse which needed replacing. Of course you'll need a voltmeter to test each component
 

WPKenny

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Don't just go opening up the monitor and poking around. CRT's carry a hell of a charge for a long time after they're unplugged. Leave it unplugged from the mains for at least a day or two before even thinking about opening it up.
 

sirin

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I hadn't considered repairing it - I probably wouldn't do it myself, as I do not have any real electrical experience, nor the tools (don't even own a voltometer)

I may give a few places a call, see if they do repair. Depends how much it costs though, new 17" CRT monitors are really pretty cheap now.

Cheers

Chris
 

Gurnox

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Bah. Out of the window with it. Make sure it doesn't land screen side down though. A bit of a let down when that happens.

:)
 

fatbusinessman

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If you get the "not connected" screen popping up, this suggests that it might be a problem with the cable - can you replace it easily, or is it fully integrated into the monitor?
 

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