I have a client who's Dell monitor is 'blacking out' i.e. it will quickly 'wink' to a black screen before restoring to normal. Never happened before, no new hard/software installed lately. Whaddyathink?...video card, monitor problem or worse. I appreciate your reply.
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Many thanks for your prompt reply. Sadly I don't think over clocking or videos are the reason. This is one of those "Only-drives-it-to-church-on-Sunday-only-checks-his-E-mail" kind of thing. Any other suggestions are welcome and, again, thanks.
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10-4 on that. Plus, it was discovered he had a 'crash' situation' the night before and turned the power off at the UPS instead of the tower itself. They have replaced the video card and are now looking at the UPS for faults. Thanks again.
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The monitor may also be the culprit.
Monitors are famous for having a small resistor going out. When it does the monitor will not light up any more. On the away out the resistor will get hot and spread open, then come back together again, causing the monitor to blink. A buddy of mine has replaced this 89 cent part for quite a few monitors. I wish I knew which resistor it was!!!
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