monitor cutting off

N2Flames · Post by **N2Flames** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 7:56 pm

Ok, so out of the blue, my monitor shuts off on me. I still here the sound from my game (was fraggin the hell outta some folks in Quake Teamfortress... yes, I'm very nostalgic lol). So it cuts off, I still hear the sound, and my computer is still running, etc... you get the idea. Well, of course, the first thing I did was turn off the monitor and turn it back on to see if it would recycle back to the \"ON\" state... it didn't. I had to shut down my computer (very interesting that we can close a game, then shut down Windows without even seeing the screen, we need lives LOL).

Anyone ever have this happen? The monitor is a 17\" KDS X Flat (flatscreen). Did my video card have a brain fart or is my monitor about to eat the dust? (Please tell me it's the monitor... dam I don't want to have to replace this card). By the way, I have an ATI Radeon X1300 - 512MB

Thanks in advance for any input

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 7:58 pm

If the video card had gone out, the system should have crashed with it. Was there a lose cable somewhere? What did the power light on the monitor show?

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:25 pm

Still may be the card -- you got another comp you could hook the monitor up to ? Or another monitor to hook on your comp ?

N2Flames · Post by **N2Flames** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 4:42 pm

Krom wrote:If the video card had gone out, the system should have crashed with it. Was there a lose cable somewhere? What did the power light on the monitor show?

guess what? the damn cable was loose! How the hell? LOL I KNOW I screwed the thing in there the last time I had it apart. gahhh

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 5:42 pm

This is why we ask the dumbest questions first.