Linh Try swapping the monitor for a known good one before making a decision. It could be the monitor, video card or drivers. I've had a similar situation where the screen would go black on a system with win98 se. The fix was to reboot. I swapped the monitor and the problem persisted. Replaced the video card and the problem went away. I thought the video card was bad. That same video card is now running fine with no symptoms on a new system. Best conclusion I have is that the video card edge connector or mother board video card socket were dirty, or the video card was poorly seated. It could have been drivers the new system is running Win XP with different drivers. So swap the parts and check, clean, the connections carefully before spending money.
t0m > Linh: > If the screen goes crazy for an instant along > with the blackout, it could be an internal arc of the > high voltage circuitry. This could be caused by a > collection of dust inside the monitor or the circuitry > just aging. > > Many monitors go blank when they do not > receive a signal from the computer. If this is your > problem, it could be caused by a bad monitor cable > or a bad or loose connection. It could also be caused > by an intermittent video board or cpu. > > If you can borrow a monitor to try. This would > let you know if the problem is with your monitor. > Good luck, Wally > >> > Hi everybody, > > When I work at the computer, the monitor screen sometimes suddenly > > blackens > > for one or two seconds then returns by itself to normal. This > > happens five > > or six times during a working session of two hours. The monitor, > > made in > > Asia, is four years old. What could be the causes for this? What > > should I > > do? > > I am running Win 95B, Pentium 200 Mhz, 82 MB RAM. > > Thank you very much in advance for your help. > > With best regards, > > Linh (first name, Vietnamese) ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
