Is my monitor on the way out?

[jotho]

Hello all...

Something recently began to occur with regularity regarding my year-old monitor. During bootup the Windows screen and all bootup text shows up fine on screen, but when bootup is complete the screen picture is all diagonally askew and will stay that way indefinitely. If I just click the monitor off and on again...the problem disappears and the screen is fine till next bootup. Does anyone have any ideas how to eliminate this annoyance?

For the record, I am pretty unknowledgable about PC equipment, so please, if possible, try not to be too technical if you can help it, thanks.

I have win98se and a KDS 17" monitor...don't know if you need more info than this.

Thanks in advance for any and all help,

jotho

[DiGGiTY]

This is just a stab in the dark, but if there are any other electric motors or large magnets (speakers) near the monitor, you should move them.

More likely though, the monitor is messed up from a hardware perspective. Never, ever try to repair a monitor yourself--it is dangerous for a beginner.

[puntoMX]

It also could be the VGA card. THey just SYNC good (sorry about that technical therm, let me see if I can find some thing on that from you) .

There:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&oi=...e&q=define:Sync

Try to put your monitor on other computers, if it´s okay there then I would check your VGA card.

[XPerties]

Just so you know monitors are only meant to last approx 3 years. Yes some last longer but that is the expected life.

On another side note regarding monitors, ALWAYS buy Samsung.

[DiGGiTY]

I remember when I paid US $800 for a 17' NEC MultiSync... I love monitor pricing now...

[puntoMX]

SAMSUNG RULEZ for the price, and they have 3 years (on-site) warranty too! Don´t think I´ll buy other screens then TFTs from Samsung for my cybercafé .

[XPerties]

SAMSUNG RULEZ for the price, and they have 3 years (on-site) warranty too! Don´t think I´ll buy other screens then TFTs from Samsung for my cybercafé .

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They are the ONLY one who guarantees their LCD monitors against dead pixels.

My old syncmaster has been throw 15 feet across the room, against a wall and is almost 6 years old and still works like a champ.

http://www.xperties.net/gallery/main.php/v...%20005.jpg.html

[puntoMX]

They are the ONLY one who guarantees their LCD monitors against dead pixels.

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Not here In Mexico

[XPerties]

They are the ONLY one who guarantees their LCD monitors against dead pixels.

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Not here In Mexico

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WOW, I just learned it's not offered in the USA also:

http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?si...6&tid=152&tid=1

Oh-well