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Monitor failing or something else?
Display will ocassionaly and quickly dim and/or shrink and bounce
back. Haven't seen it while here in OE, once in a while in Hotmail, more often when just playing Freecell on top of desktop. Don't think I've seen it while browsing with IE 6 (MSNBC homepage). Most likely a monitor problem? Video card or computer? Stop playing Freecell? Don't have but am looking for another monitor to borrow to investigate. Any most likely suspects? Thanks. Keith |
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A new twist. Computer was idling and monitor went to its usual no
screen-saver black screen but would not wake up when I moved the mouse. Tried monitor on/off/on. Still blank. Rebooted and monitor (and mouse) seems normal. "keith" wrote in message ... Display will ocassionaly and quickly dim and/or shrink and bounce back. Haven't seen it while here in OE, once in a while in Hotmail, more often when just playing Freecell on top of desktop. Don't think I've seen it while browsing with IE 6 (MSNBC homepage). Most likely a monitor problem? Video card or computer? Stop playing Freecell? Don't have but am looking for another monitor to borrow to investigate. Any most likely suspects? Thanks. Keith |
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I would rank monitor problem as most likely, closely followed by a cabling
problem, with video card somewhat further behind and software not even worth considering. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "keith" wrote in message ... Display will ocassionaly and quickly dim and/or shrink and bounce back. Haven't seen it while here in OE, once in a while in Hotmail, more often when just playing Freecell on top of desktop. Don't think I've seen it while browsing with IE 6 (MSNBC homepage). Most likely a monitor problem? Video card or computer? Stop playing Freecell? Don't have but am looking for another monitor to borrow to investigate. Any most likely suspects? Thanks. Keith |
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Got a hold of a small spare HP monitor. No sign of problem YET. But
still wonder - why would freecell be so much more of a problem? Is it such a complicated hog? Or are all games a challange for less than high speed high powered machines? Don't do any high speed high excitement video gaming here on a Dell Optiplex GX1p, Pent II, 400 mhz, with lots of free space on a 7.5(?) G HD. "Jeff Richards" wrote in message ... I would rank monitor problem as most likely, closely followed by a cabling problem, with video card somewhat further behind and software not even worth considering. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "keith" wrote in message ... Display will ocassionaly and quickly dim and/or shrink and bounce back. Haven't seen it while here in OE, once in a while in Hotmail, more often when just playing Freecell on top of desktop. Don't think I've seen it while browsing with IE 6 (MSNBC homepage). Most likely a monitor problem? Video card or computer? Stop playing Freecell? Don't have but am looking for another monitor to borrow to investigate. Any most likely suspects? Thanks. Keith |
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Try the original mon. on another computer. My guess is that you'll see a
similar problem on that PC. The games you are playing are not likely to be the problem. "keith" wrote: Got a hold of a small spare HP monitor. No sign of problem YET. But still wonder - why would freecell be so much more of a problem? Is it such a complicated hog? Or are all games a challange for less than high speed high powered machines? Don't do any high speed high excitement video gaming here on a Dell Optiplex GX1p, Pent II, 400 mhz, with lots of free space on a 7.5(?) G HD. "Jeff Richards" wrote in message ... I would rank monitor problem as most likely, closely followed by a cabling problem, with video card somewhat further behind and software not even worth considering. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "keith" wrote in message ... Display will ocassionaly and quickly dim and/or shrink and bounce back. Haven't seen it while here in OE, once in a while in Hotmail, more often when just playing Freecell on top of desktop. Don't think I've seen it while browsing with IE 6 (MSNBC homepage). Most likely a monitor problem? Video card or computer? Stop playing Freecell? Don't have but am looking for another monitor to borrow to investigate. Any most likely suspects? Thanks. Keith |
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