On Sunday, September 19, 2010 08:54:34 am jimbo wrote: > Saw last week that someone fixed their monitor woes w/ a new cable. > > Well dejavu my monitor just went out. It was just like a light switch. I > was doing god knows what and poof...blackness. The little light was on so > I knew I was getting power. > > I unplugged the signal cord. It would usually give some sort of msg as > search for signal but no. No menu either. > > I let it cool down-same. Plugged in my back up monitor (good thing I > didn't sell it!) and now I can be a part of the internet again. > > I wonder what went wrong? To me it is junk so I will probably tear into it > and see if I can fix something. After all, I am a mechanic and I can fix > anything! Kidding. > > Any ideas? Nice samsung 21" lcd. Hope I don't have to throw it away. > > Jimbo I had a similar problem with a Sharp LCD when the inverter for the backlight went out. If this happens again and the backlight is off, you can shine a flashlight into the black screen from the front and you should be able to see part of the screen display.
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