Moniter randomly going blank.
 

Recently, as of about a week or so, my screen has randomly been going black, then returning to normal a few seconds later. Sometimes it does it again a few seconds after a first spell, sometimes not. I ran DXdiag tests and it says everythings fine, so I guess the moniter is having problems, it's about 4-5 years old and from gateway, checked the wires and everything and they're fine so I'm out of options besides getting help and buying a new moniter. Let me know if you can help.

I'm on:

AMD Athlon 1.7 ghz
GE Force 3 Ti200
384 SDRAM
shuttle KT266A mainboard
12gig harddrive
Windows XP

Oh also, the moniter isn't shutting off, like it were a power management issue, the screen just turns black while the moniter remains powered.

its usually one of two things, thermal shutdown or the HT transformer or other HV section of the monitor going out of limits, if its either then its time to take it to a shop and get an estimate for a repair, try to find a store that will do a free estimate, sometimes its cheaper to buy a new one, sometimes not.

occasionally its something as simple as "dry joints" with the voltages usd in monitors the soldered joints "dry out" and the connection breaks, and you get intermittent problems, a shop just finds them and resolders them. if its that simple a fix and the shop is a fair one, it should be pretty cheap to fix, probably around $50.

however its a case of finding out, thats where the free estimate comes in :)


don't attempt to do it yourself unless you are familiar with live 24KV chassis and such, monitors are giant capacitors and they hold a potentially lethal charge even after been off, sometimes for weeks. i have a scar to prove it :)

Okay, I'll take care of that. Thanks charliex.