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two weekends ago, my 8yr old ViewSonic 22" CRT just stopped working (it had been flickering for about 6 months). all the normal static sounds and clicks would happen on restart but no image would show up, it would just stay black. so, i thought it was shot. i borrowed an old 15" Nec CRT from work, plugged it in and it works fine. in the mean time i ordered a re-furbed (or factory reconditioned, didnt know there was a difference) 20" ViewSonic LCD. when i got it, i plugged it in, worked fine for about 5 minutes. but then the screen would go black all of a sudden. i'd have to turn the monitor off then back on again, then after a few seconds it would go black again, and then id turn it off then on again, etc..... i returned the monitor and just got a call from the supplier saying that they tested it for 24hrs with no problems on their end.
so my question is: is it possible that my video card is going bad? i have two cards for dual monitoring (original cards that came with the machine), and i plugged the LCD into both and it would go black in both cards. i tested it with the little CRT in my main card and the LCD in the second card, and it would still go black while the CRT would work fine.
i havent gotten rid of my original 22" CRT so should i bring it into work and see if it works on my machine here? has this happened to anyone else? thanks in advance.
two weekends ago, my 8yr old ViewSonic 22" CRT just stopped working (it had been flickering for about 6 months). all the normal static sounds and clicks would happen on restart but no image would show up, it would just stay black. so, i thought it was shot. i borrowed an old 15" Nec CRT from work, plugged it in and it works fine. in the mean time i ordered a re-furbed (or factory reconditioned, didnt know there was a difference) 20" ViewSonic LCD. when i got it, i plugged it in, worked fine for about 5 minutes. but then the screen would go black all of a sudden. i'd have to turn the monitor off then back on again, then after a few seconds it would go black again, and then id turn it off then on again, etc..... i returned the monitor and just got a call from the supplier saying that they tested it for 24hrs with no problems on their end.
so my question is: is it possible that my video card is going bad? i have two cards for dual monitoring (original cards that came with the machine), and i plugged the LCD into both and it would go black in both cards. i tested it with the little CRT in my main card and the LCD in the second card, and it would still go black while the CRT would work fine.
i havent gotten rid of my original 22" CRT so should i bring it into work and see if it works on my machine here? has this happened to anyone else? thanks in advance.