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I have a Flatron 795FT Plus (it's a 17" flat screen (screen not panel) with
a 4 port USB hub on the back of it.) Ok the problem: A while back it started turning off and then coming back on again. Thereis no pattern that I can discern from when it happens. I finally got annoyed enough that I stuck an old monitor on this computer instead and I have been using it (It's horrible, color is bad, hurts my eyes, etc). So I'd like to get my old monitor working again since it's a wonderful display. Recently I upgraded 85% of the hardware in this computer (fuzzy logic insert: at what point does the computer stop being the same computer it was before and become a new computer). That upgrade included a new power supply, so I decided to give the monitor a shot. Since getting behind this computer is a pain I hooked it up to one of my other computers first, and ran it for 4 hours continously. It ran fine, didn't so much as flicker. Well, as you've probably guessed where this is going, I plugged it into this computer and.. nothing. It has power because it would give me the amber on the power button (the "I have no signal, but I do have power"). About 45 seconds later it gave a picture, if only for 20 seconds or so. Anyone have any ideas? The other computer I had it working on is a significantly less powerful machine (p3 550 vs. amd xp 3200), power supply on the working one was most likely a 250 - 300. This one is a 450. Graphics card on the working one is a GeForce2, this one is a radeon 9700pro. I'm trying to use another cable to connect them (it's one of those monitors that has the removable video cables), to see if maybe there is a problem with the cable), but I don't think that is it. Both computers are running same OS (winxp pro), both using default plug and play driver's for the monitor. Would video drivers cause an issue? Monitor drivers and video drivers are different, but do they sometimes conflict? At this point I believe it to be a hardware problem with the monitor, and I would love any suggestions agreeing or disagreeing with that. Thanks for reading the whole thing, I know it was long. ~Chris |
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