Re: monitor shuts off
From: D.Currie (dmbcurrie.nospam_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/01/04
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Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 21:32:07 -0600
"ltbradshaw64 (ignorethis) @hotmail.com"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I have XPpro,all the updates/firewalled& newly installed
> OS and 120G HD. I've scanned for sasser @microsofts
> site, but my monitor just goes black (hard disks are
> still spinning and PS and fan are still on. There are no
> hardware conflicts and everything in Device Manager
> checks out. When I reboot, sometimes the screen looks
> like its from the matrix (virtical bands of green moving
> junk) but this goes away on the second attempt. There is
> no ryme or reason to the shut offs - black death can
> strike at any length of time. What am I missing here?
Possibly the video card going bad. If it's an onboard video, it's even worse
news. Look for bad capacitors on the motherboard.
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