Posted: 2/1/2006 5:09:13 AM EDT
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i can be on a website no paticular site. i will be looking at it and all of the sudden my monitor act like it turns off and back on.just goes blank then comes back. what would be causing this to happen? video card going bad? |
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does the monitor make a popping noise when this happens or does it appear to be a loss of signal? if it's popping, it's either deguazing the tube <normal especially during dry winter days on large tubes> or the tube has a problem. if it's loss of signal it's most likely the monitor or cable is bad/ loose connection. check you display cable. either way odds are it's not your video card. they usually either send signal or don't. |
| If you have another monitor I would plug it in to see if the problem duplicates. Chances are you do not and I have had the same problem you are describing several times at work and it usually turns out to be the video card. You can get then from 35 dollars on up to several hundred tiger direct or new egg .com are both good websites that are trustworthy, also make sure you know which type to get AGP, PCI, or PCI express. |