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It started a few weeks ago but when I started my ancient computer up the monitor didn't turn on. It is one of those monitors that turn on by itself when the computer is turned on.
So the computer starts up and usually beeps after the screen turns on, but sometimes it beeps sooner than normally and nothing happens, other times there is a noticeable delay when the screen would normally click into life. The computer boots up for about thirty seconds and then automatically restarts itself. It continuously does this and eventually shuts down. The screen still isnt on so I turn the computer back on. On good days the screen will turn on but on others like today and yesterday I had the reset the computer a heck of a lot of times for it to finally burst into life.
I hate having to reset my computer because I know it isnt good for it when it is booting up. This morning it took twenty minutes for the screen to turn on, you cant manually turn it on either by pressing its button. Ive done the obvious and checked that all the leads are ok and plugged in. The screen doesnt turn on if the computer has been turned off for long periods of time like overnight.
Im pretty sure that something in the screen is failing. Ive got another monitor but it needs to be unpacked and it is damn heavy so I cant check that if it is this screen or not. The problem is getting progressively worse, the first time it happened the computer only needed to restart itself once, now it takes ages.
Anybody got any ideas?
So the computer starts up and usually beeps after the screen turns on, but sometimes it beeps sooner than normally and nothing happens, other times there is a noticeable delay when the screen would normally click into life. The computer boots up for about thirty seconds and then automatically restarts itself. It continuously does this and eventually shuts down. The screen still isnt on so I turn the computer back on. On good days the screen will turn on but on others like today and yesterday I had the reset the computer a heck of a lot of times for it to finally burst into life.
I hate having to reset my computer because I know it isnt good for it when it is booting up. This morning it took twenty minutes for the screen to turn on, you cant manually turn it on either by pressing its button. Ive done the obvious and checked that all the leads are ok and plugged in. The screen doesnt turn on if the computer has been turned off for long periods of time like overnight.
Im pretty sure that something in the screen is failing. Ive got another monitor but it needs to be unpacked and it is damn heavy so I cant check that if it is this screen or not. The problem is getting progressively worse, the first time it happened the computer only needed to restart itself once, now it takes ages.
Anybody got any ideas?
