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Old 08-16-2021, 01:35 PM   #2241 (permalink)
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Sounds like your backlight is going out. It's usually easier to just replace the monitor when that happens.
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Old 08-16-2021, 02:16 PM   #2242 (permalink)
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Any way I can check that? I have a line on a decent Dell, refurb, only one left, so if I need to pull the tigger on that (no, I don't mean trigger: the most wonderful thing about him is he's the only one you know) I can do so but would need to make a decision quickly. The monitor is not old, a Benq 23" - oh wait, I was in work when I got this, so at least 2009, so over ten years old? Yeah, maybe...

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Old 08-16-2021, 02:31 PM   #2243 (permalink)
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Any way I can check that? I have a line on a decent Dell, refurb, only one left, so if I need to pull the tigger on that (no, I don't mean trigger: the most wonderful thing about him is he's the only one you know) I can do so but would need to make a decision quickly. The monitor is not old, a Benq 23" - oh wait, I was in work when I got this, so at least 2009, so over ten years old? Yeah, maybe...

Thanks man.

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Not unless you have a Multimeter as far as I know.

It's probably time for a new one anyway. Give her a proper send off.
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Old 08-16-2021, 03:21 PM   #2244 (permalink)
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Okay well I've managed to get the old Iiyama I had originally up and running, and so far (fingers, tentacles, suckers and pseudopods crossed) no flicker, so that would back up your analysis. The only minor problem is that the Iiyama is smaller (17") so it's a little hard to get used to, but it will do until I can buy that Dell. At least I'm not losing my screen every few seconds.

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Edit: Spoke too ****ing soon! Now the old monitor is doing it too! I wonder could it be the connector getting worn out? Any ideas? God damn it.

Further edit: Mind you, this one is of course even older than the Benq, so maybe it's just a case of both of them getting ready to give up the ghost? I mean, this must be fifteen, even twenty years old now.
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Old 08-16-2021, 04:04 PM   #2245 (permalink)
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Iiyama balls lol
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Old 08-17-2021, 08:06 AM   #2246 (permalink)
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Get the new one and if it's still doing it, return it.
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Old 09-03-2021, 10:04 PM   #2247 (permalink)
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Update on my monitor woes: it turns out, or seems to have done, that it wasn't the monitor but the cable.

A while back I considered this but had no other cable to test the monitor with, so I ordered a DVI cable. When it arrived it turned out I had ordered the wrong one. Did not know there were different ones, but there are. I had got a single-link when I needed a dual. D'oh!

I went about ordering the right one, but meanwhile my search for a not-too-ridiculously-priced 24-inch monitor was running aground, so when I finally found one that suited me (refurbished HP, 105.00 Euro) I went for it. If the cable arrived and it changed things, well, great, but if it arrived and didn't, and I hadn't ordered the monitor, went back to get it and it was no longer available, not so great. So I ordered the monitor.

Unsurprisingly, the cable arrived first (this morning) and I plugged it in. Lo and behold! My screen did not jump. It did not, in fairness, do anything. It was entirely black. After some fiddling about with settings achieved through the connection with my TV (which is serving as a second monitor) I was able to get it working, and so far there hasn't been a flicker.

So the new monitor is yet to arrive, and when it does I guess I'll put it in storage until this one actually dies. At the moment, this one is going great, and I do like it, so there's no real need to replace it, but at least when I do need a new one I have one.

So in some ways I made the wrong decision and could have saved myself money, but in the long run it's not money wasted, as this monitor surely will not last forever. But one way or another, it seems my days of trying to get work done in between the blips and flashes are over. Hallelujah!
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Old 09-04-2021, 11:12 AM   #2248 (permalink)
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Better yet, return it and get a Displayport cable, which should have higher capabilities than DVI (assuming your video card supports it).
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Old 09-04-2021, 02:35 PM   #2249 (permalink)
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I'm not certain it does (I think there are only two connections in both the monitor and the card - D-Sub and DVI) but I'm happy enough to have a monitor that stays on all the time. I'm not a gamer so that kind of thing doesn't matter much to me. As long as I can see the screen and it doesn't keep flashing on and off, I'm happy. Thanks though.
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Old 11-07-2021, 10:10 PM   #2250 (permalink)
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My PC has slowed to such a speed now that I don't just go make a cup of tea while it moves to the next page, I sail to China. Well, to the Chinese anyway. That's obviously a lie: I've never eaten Chinese food in my life. But it's slow, damn slow.

The laptop has not worked out. I feared it might not. Probably going to try sell it. There's nothing wrong with it, but I've been a desktop jockey for so long now (all my adult life) that I just cannot get to grips with a smaller keyboard and trackball etc. My keyboard is large and that's just how I likes it.

Anyway, long rambling intro to ask a question: I am now in the market for a new desktop, most likely gonna be a refurb. What I want to know is this: the ones I've been looking at - Dell Optiplexes mostly - have no HDMI slots, only VGA and DP (Display Port). My current PC is hooked up to my telly via HDMI (as well as my monitor via DVI) so if I get a Display Port to HDMI adaptor, will this likely work on my TV? I've read conflicting opinions about it, so just wonder if anyone has done this, and if so, if you can recommend one that works.

Ta muchly.
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