Monitor washout

[Lil' Dave]

Monitor is a KDS product K917(S), model 900P. Approximately one year old.
LCD monitor with analog only input.

Turning on monitor and observing screen with PC turned off does not display
message no video. There is a brief time period where the entire screen
turns slightly gray.

With PC turned on, no visible bios screen, no XP screen.

If I repeatedly reset the PC with reset button, can very briefly see the
bios screen. Washes out from the inside to the outside of the screen as the
video disappears. Was able to get the monitor to constant display while
doing this for about 10 minutes. No longer am successful doing this.

Is the failure rate of LCD monitors higher than a standard CRT monitor? Am
using an 8 year old CRT monitor temporarily until new monitor is received.

Dave

 

[Bob I]

Usually the failure is the backlight dying. Never seen the symptom you
describe. Have you tried the monitor elsewhere attached to another PC?

 

[BigJim]

Usually LCD monitors work pretty good. I have a Samsung that is five years
old with no problems.
Hey but with anything electrical they can go bad. It does sound like it is
your monitor since you are
getting a display with your CRT.

 

[Lil' Dave]

Yep, same results.
Dave

Usually the failure is the backlight dying. Never seen the symptom you
describe. Have you tried the monitor elsewhere attached to another PC?

 

[Bob I]

Interesting symptoms, hope the Warranty is still valid

 

[Lil' Dave]

The symptoms are interesting as most users would assume the monitor is
kapute instead of trying something further. But, that's not me. IE the
symptoms would not be visible in that case.
Dave