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HELP!! Dell Flat Screen Monitor dies after 2 seconds

scottishfluff
Posts: 7 Forumite
in Techie Stuff
HELP. My Dell Flat Screen Monitor works for about 2 seconds before going blank! When I switch the monitor button off and on again you can see your desktop page for 2 seconds before it goes blank again.
Is it only worthy of being dumped? Or is this fixable?
Can anyone please advise?
Many Thanks
Is it only worthy of being dumped? Or is this fixable?
Can anyone please advise?
Many Thanks
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how old is it?Ever get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:0
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Was bought 2005 there or thereabouts0
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When it goes blank, what happens if you pull the vga cable out of the back? Do you get a no signal type of message?Ever get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:0
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I get the small block of stripe colours and it has some text at the very top but the screen goes off again so I can't read it0
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Thanks, shall try that!0
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