At 07:33 AM 05/21/2005 , Marilyn Wilson wrote:
>I have a 17" monitor that suddenly will go blank and show a thin horizontal stripe
>across it.  If I put the computer on suspend and leave it for a bit the monitor will
>then be ok.  I've checked the cables and they seem to be alright.  Does this sound like
>a video card problem or is the monitor itself dying?



Your symptoms point to the monitor.   Typically, monitors will die far more often
than video cards, actually once a video card is installed it will rarely go bad
unless it is one of the newer cards that generate a tremendous amount of heat.

I would suspect the monitor and take it to a local monitor repair shop.  My advice
to anyone not versed in monitor repair is not to open them and tinker around.
Monitors are a speciality item that requires special knowledge to repair.

     Bob Wright
The NOSPIN Group

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