Monitor takes forever to turn on

2009-05-06 20:38:23

#1

aimless: Member; +166|6388|Texas

I have a Samsung 932b 19" LCD display. Two days ago it took 5 minutes for it to turn on, yesterday it took three hours. When booting up the computer, the monitor flickers between black and off (ya know how black on an lcd has a faint glow to it) and the power button flickers.

Any idea how to diagnose this? Once it turns on its fine and works like any other monitor. I've tried it on two other computers with the same result. Also tried new dvi/vga and power cables. I'd like to salvage this since it is a nice upgrade from a 17" CRT.

Specs:
XP Home 32bit
E6750
9800GT

2009-05-06 21:00:05

#2

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6460|Winland

What happens when you run the computer with another screen?

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2009-05-06 21:01:52

#3

aimless: Member; +166|6388|Texas

Freezer7Pro wrote:
What happens when you run the computer with another screen?

Nothing, it's fine. Used to run on the 17" CRT lol.

2009-05-06 21:05:21

#4

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6460|Winland

I'd say There's just some hardware fault in the screen PSU, then. If you've got warranty, you should just RMA it.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2009-05-06 21:07:39

#5

aimless: Member; +166|6388|Texas

Freezer7Pro wrote:
I'd say There's just some hardware fault in the screen PSU, then. If you've got warranty, you should just RMA it.

Ah it's a year past warranty already. It'd be fine if I could just leave it on all the time, is there a way to do this? I usually put my computer on standby when I leave so it wont heat up my room which turns off the monitor.

2009-05-06 21:21:41

#6

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6460|Winland

It probably won't get better with time. You're gonna have to get it fixed sooner or later, as it's probably the PSU capacitors that are shot.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2009-05-06 22:29:40

#7

aimless: Member; +166|6388|Texas

Freezer7Pro wrote:
It probably won't get better with time. You're gonna have to get it fixed sooner or later, as it's probably the PSU capacitors that are shot.

I can replace those myself can't I?

2009-05-07 01:53:29

#8

Nappy: Apprentice; +151|6492|NSW, Australia

just leave it on

2009-05-07 02:10:15

#9

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6460|Winland

aimless wrote:
Freezer7Pro wrote:
It probably won't get better with time. You're gonna have to get it fixed sooner or later, as it's probably the PSU capacitors that are shot.
I can replace those myself can't I?

If you've got a soldering iron and know how to work multi-layer boards.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2009-05-07 02:29:30

#10

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6763|so randum

i think it's berster whos a bit of a whizz with monitors

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