I vote for loose cable above everything else. The DVI cables are big and heavy and unless screwed in tight will come dislodged relatively easily.
I recommend shutting down the PC before securing things. Modern cases with their easy mount brackets make it very easy to dislodge expansion cards when adjusting the cables that are connected to them. Not something you want to do with a running PC. Ben On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Jim Donovan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > One of the kids got enthusiastic and thumped the table our PC is on. > Now, every month or so, the video fails. Eventually it comes back on (could > be next day). Meanwhile, everything else keeps working AFAIK. > > It's a BenQ monitor connected by DVI but by the time you replace the DVI > cable with VGA it works again. > > Machine and monitor are both about 18 months old. > > Because of the location, swapping cards, monitors or anything else would be > a nuisance. > > My feeling is that the intermittent fault is more likely to be in the > monitor. > > Comments, please? > > Jim Donovan > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
