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Here one possible solution (1.) Allow the monitor to power off several hours to cool off. 2.) I changed the AC adapter because it seemed the plug was loose. Sometimes its a faulty AC adapter. 3.) I changed the power settings to Never Off. You can try Restore Default for monitor settings.
From the description you give, this sounds like a failure in the circuit board, normally the capacitors go and the thing refuses to power up, however, the fact it defaulted to a low resolution indicates that the actual board is in some way failing, possibly a damaged circuit, or component.
I would think it could be repaired and it may be a simple job for someone who can identify the failing component, however, I think that the cost of getting it repaired would outweigh the cost of replacement
Here's the fast track on troubleshooting. Borrow a friend's monitor ASAP. If the other monitor displays normally, your monitor is probably in serious trouble. If the other monitor powers on with video. It's the vidoe card on your motherboard.
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It's time to spend $100 to buy a brand-new 19-inch LCD monitor,
or $200 to buy a brand-new 22-inch LCD monitor,
rather than paying a TV/CRT technician $50 to $75 per hour to try to fix the "antique" monitor.
What has happened is part of your back lighting circuitry has gone out. Yes it is repairable but can cost most of what a replacement monitor will cost these days. Check that out before spending the money. If the problem is only in the back lighting circuit then expect to spend about $100 for a replacement board.
LCD monitors lifespan depends on the quality. Normal use and you should get 2-3 years of reliable service minimum. The display itself is good for about 4000 or so hours of use or more. The problems that show up are always (well 99.99% of the time) are back lighting problems like you have experienced. You should turn it off by the switch when not using it as every hour it runs the screen save is an hour of usable life. Heat is not good for it so if your computer gets the dust cleaned out to keep it cool do the monitor at the same time. Once a year at least more if you smoke use gas heat and have pets.
Tube monitors have a much longer life but you have the size weight and poorer display to go with them. If you have to go back to a tube monitor don't go back to your 14 ask around and you should be able to get a 17 or 19 crt for free. Or expect to pay no more than $10-20 for one.
Good morning, Kevin! Sounds like an LCD problem. You can verify this by hooking up an external monitor. The external monitor will probably show a good display. After verification of the problem,you may want to try to replug the LCD cable at both ends, just to see if that corrects the situation. If that resolves things, all is well and good. If not, you may need a replacement LCD. If the external monitor shows the same display, you may have a motherboard problem. Hope this information is of some help. Ron-
When your game first loads. Enter the games settings and adjust the screen resoultion to match your wide screen monitor. If you can't get that far than hook up that other monitor. Load the game & enter it's screen settings (display) & adjust the resoultion. Your new monitor is wide screen. Your game needs to match the wide screen as well.
your monitor is telling you it's on it's last legs..either that or your compaq has a bad video section. either is more vital than a video cable being loose.
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