I had an old monitor which had the same symptoms.

I got rid of it and bought a used one from an ad in the
newspaper for $50.  It has worked fine for 2 years.  Keep
looking in local newspapers, pawn shops, etc.  You'll find
one.

Steve Gaber
Oldsmar, FL

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From: Frank Suszka <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Monday, August 07, 2000 11:53 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD]


>Tim Dickerson wrote:
>>
>>  I have an old vga monitor that came with a Caliber
486sx-25 system someone gave me.The problem is that it only
displays for 5 to 10 minutes before the brightness
fades.When I got it the brightness slide bar was set to max.
I ran norton diagnostics and it determined that the color
red was bad.Is there anything I can do(dont worry, I'm not
going to open the monitor)or should I just lay this thing to
rest?Thanks for any replies.
>
>
>At this point in time I agree with your suggestion. Lay it
to rest.
>
>At this point in time, I have to assume this is a 14"
monitor at best.
>By today's standards this is equivalent to a horse and
buggy. Not that
>there is anything wrong with that mode of transportation.
>
>You can go online to http://www.pricewatch.com or,
http://www.price.com
>and you can even pick up a reasonably priced reconditioned
monitor from
>Viewsonic at, http://www.viewsonicoutlet.com/. You may or
may not trust
>reconditioned products but being in the industry I find
that there is
>nothing wrong with reconditioned. Why reconditioned? Once a
product has
>been opened and used even slightly it can't be resold as
new. The
>consumer who is shrewd can pick up on some nice deals that
way.
>
>Several of my clients that operate by the bottom line had
no complaints.
>Do yourself a favor and shop for a 17" monitor. <smile> You
will like it
>so much you will want to upgrade your whole system. Hey,
that's just the
>way it works.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Frank Suszka
>netTek Computers
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