Monitor broken?

wingman · 26 Jul 2012 at 16:57

Hi all,

Please see below picture;

So it's a bit of a problem...

Working fine last night.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

Leeroy123 · 26 Jul 2012 at 16:58

Onboard or gpu?

wingman · 26 Jul 2012 at 17:12

Onboard. Cheers.

Leeroy123 · 26 Jul 2012 at 17:18

Do you have a graphics card to try mate? onboard might have gone knackered

wingman · 26 Jul 2012 at 17:45

Unfortunately not, but I will check what I need and purchase.

Thanks for the help.

Craig321 · 26 Jul 2012 at 17:46

You can try the screen on another computer?

borley · 26 Jul 2012 at 17:55

Yeah what connection if your using hdmi have you anything else like a console or DVD player you can try?
Regards

C.R.A.Z.Y · 26 Jul 2012 at 17:59

Indeed, try the monitor on another device before buying anything.

Leeroy123 · 26 Jul 2012 at 18:02

Yeah as already said try the monitor, more than likely gonna be the onboard gpu but you never know.

wingman · 26 Jul 2012 at 18:20

Strange one, I took it upstairs to try on my TV and then soon realised there is no HDMI out, which I thought there was.

However, turned it on and the screen is now fine.

Strange?

Leeroy123 · 26 Jul 2012 at 20:32

So its all working on the pc fine now?

wingman · 26 Jul 2012 at 21:52

Yes, all working fine now, if it goes again I'll delve into the graphics card, thanks for all the help.

Axeia · 28 Jul 2012 at 12:42

Could simply be the cable not being plugged in quite right which you fixed by unplugging/plugging everything again. That's the first thing I would do if a reboot didn't fix it.

Reboot, replug, try a different cable (and/or connection), try a different device. Some troubleshooting doesn't have to cost anything

wingman · 31 Oct 2012 at 11:54

Okay, so the issue is now happening more frequently. However I can just about get to the settings in the control panel and, by simply changing the display but making the text larger it temporarily fixes it (and will stay fixed until I turn the computer off and then on again).

Which leads me to think it may be an intermittent software problem. I've updated the drivers for the graphics card which hasn't helped.

Any idea?