ranger614

Well, there was a few power outages, 7 actually, in a row. One right after the other while my computer was on. So I shut it down, go to walmart for a cookie, come back and turn my computer on to find that everything on the monitor is fuzzy. The color and everything is fine, but it's as though there's some static or some other intereference.

So, I'm trying to determine whether the issue is with my monitor or something else. I don't have another monitor to test it with. Any ideas that don't involve me paying $150 for another monitor?

BlueMak

User another computer to see if the problem lies with the monitor or the computer. It wouldn't hurt to also try another PC to Monitor cable, although the chances of that being the problem now are slim.

Also make sure that nothing has moved from where it is supposed to be, that includes the cable connection to the PC and to the monitor, power cables, and even open the inside of the PC case to check the cables there. I kid you not, it is possible something like this is the reason.

But yeah, more likely something got damaged, be it the monitor or the graphics card.

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ranger614

So, I stopped being an idiot and hooked my laptop up to the monitor. Still get the same fuzzy static, so it must be the monitor, thanks anyway.

BlueMak

If you have tried a different cable, then yes, more than likely it is a R.I.P monitor.

Good luck.

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The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis
This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm Sic semper tyrannis.

procupine14

wow. what a bite.

Good Luck! I hope that it's something else that is wrong.

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OldBuzzard

Is that a CRT or LCD?

If it's a CRT, and if it has the option to do so, you might try degausing it.

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