First, check your cable connections from the monitor, to the video cable,
by removing, and then replacing them. If possible plug the monitor into
another computer. That will immediately tell you if it is the monitor or
something else that is at fault.

  If it turns out to be the monitor, then nothing is simple, or
inexpensive, to fix with a monitor. Unless you have a huge investment in a
high end monitor, that you really like, it is probably best just to move on
to a new one.

Rode
The NOSPIN Group
http://www.freepctech.com/rode/

At 06:38 AM 11/9/2005, you wrote:
>Hi,All, for the past month or so my monitor starts off with a blackish
>color after a cold boot and gradually brightens after about 5/7
>minutes.earlier on it was possible to read the "post" though with
>difficulty but during the past 3/4 days it has become so bad that I can
>not even see the letters. after sometime it gets back to normal. I have
>not made any changes to any of the monitor settings. my question is--- Is
>it indicative of a dying crt or something minor?

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