New graphics card - monitor failure??

[Hagar]

This may be entirely coincidental (or not).

I fitted an R9 270x replacing my HD6950 graphics card. I have a Samsung 2433BW monitor 4 years old in March which I know was possibly prone to the poor capacitor issue with the monitors at the time.

Anyway, I fitted the card and did a quick heaven 2.5 bench, used the monitor for a couple of hours after and then turned it off. The next morning, my wife went to look on rightmove for houses and there was a fizzing and crackling from the monitor and now it turns off after a second or two whenever it is switched on. The card appears to be fine.

Is it entirely coincidental that this has occurred the day after a new card was fitted?

Is it just murphys law?

Anyway I am now after a good 24" 16:10 monitor as a replacement, all recommendations are welcomed. As is an opinion on the above.

Thanks andy.

Posted here as there is more discussion than on the monitor thread.

 

[Gregster]

I am inclined to say coincidence. I did look about and nobody else has reported the same.

As for monitors, go 120Hz. Not sure on your budget?

 

[Hagar]

I am inclined to say coincidence. I did look about and nobody else has reported the same.

As for monitors, go 120Hz. Not sure on your budget?

EDIT

Having just phoned Samsung and been told that because it does not switch off with the signal cable removed, it is not a monitor fault. The graphics card or something is telling it to switch off. I am now confused. It could be the graphics card.