Monitor failing or something else?

[keith]

Display will ocassionaly and quickly dim and/or shrink and bounce
back. Haven't seen it while here in OE, once in a while in Hotmail, more
often when just playing Freecell on top of desktop. Don't think I've seen it
while browsing with IE 6 (MSNBC homepage). Most likely a monitor problem?
Video card or computer? Stop playing Freecell? Don't have but am looking for
another monitor to borrow to investigate. Any most likely suspects?
Thanks. Keith

[keith]

A new twist. Computer was idling and monitor went to its usual no
screen-saver black screen but would not wake up when I moved the mouse.
Tried monitor on/off/on. Still blank. Rebooted and monitor (and mouse) seems
normal.
"keith" > wrote in message
...
> Display will ocassionaly and quickly dim and/or shrink and bounce
> back. Haven't seen it while here in OE, once in a while in Hotmail, more
> often when just playing Freecell on top of desktop. Don't think I've seen
it
> while browsing with IE 6 (MSNBC homepage). Most likely a monitor problem?
> Video card or computer? Stop playing Freecell? Don't have but am looking
for
> another monitor to borrow to investigate. Any most likely suspects?
> Thanks. Keith
>
>

[Jeff Richards]

I would rank monitor problem as most likely, closely followed by a cabling
problem, with video card somewhat further behind and software not even worth
considering.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"keith" > wrote in message
...
> Display will ocassionaly and quickly dim and/or shrink and bounce
> back. Haven't seen it while here in OE, once in a while in Hotmail, more
> often when just playing Freecell on top of desktop. Don't think I've seen
> it
> while browsing with IE 6 (MSNBC homepage). Most likely a monitor problem?
> Video card or computer? Stop playing Freecell? Don't have but am looking
> for
> another monitor to borrow to investigate. Any most likely suspects?
> Thanks. Keith
>
>

[keith]

Got a hold of a small spare HP monitor. No sign of problem YET. But
still wonder - why would freecell be so much more of a problem? Is it such a
complicated hog? Or are all games a challange for less than high speed high
powered machines? Don't do any high speed high excitement video gaming here
on a Dell Optiplex GX1p, Pent II, 400 mhz, with lots of free space on a
7.5(?) G HD.
"Jeff Richards" > wrote in message
...
> I would rank monitor problem as most likely, closely followed by a cabling
> problem, with video card somewhat further behind and software not even
worth
> considering.
> --
> Jeff Richards
> MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
> "keith" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Display will ocassionaly and quickly dim and/or shrink and bounce
> > back. Haven't seen it while here in OE, once in a while in Hotmail, more
> > often when just playing Freecell on top of desktop. Don't think I've
seen
> > it
> > while browsing with IE 6 (MSNBC homepage). Most likely a monitor
problem?
> > Video card or computer? Stop playing Freecell? Don't have but am looking
> > for
> > another monitor to borrow to investigate. Any most likely suspects?
> > Thanks. Keith
> >
> >
>
>

[techten]

Try the original mon. on another computer. My guess is that you'll see a
similar problem on that PC. The games you are playing are not likely to be
the problem.

"keith" wrote:

> Got a hold of a small spare HP monitor. No sign of problem YET. But
> still wonder - why would freecell be so much more of a problem? Is it such a
> complicated hog? Or are all games a challange for less than high speed high
> powered machines? Don't do any high speed high excitement video gaming here
> on a Dell Optiplex GX1p, Pent II, 400 mhz, with lots of free space on a
> 7.5(?) G HD.
> "Jeff Richards" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I would rank monitor problem as most likely, closely followed by a cabling
> > problem, with video card somewhat further behind and software not even
> worth
> > considering.
> > --
> > Jeff Richards
> > MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
> > "keith" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Display will ocassionaly and quickly dim and/or shrink and bounce
> > > back. Haven't seen it while here in OE, once in a while in Hotmail, more
> > > often when just playing Freecell on top of desktop. Don't think I've
> seen
> > > it
> > > while browsing with IE 6 (MSNBC homepage). Most likely a monitor
> problem?
> > > Video card or computer? Stop playing Freecell? Don't have but am looking
> > > for
> > > another monitor to borrow to investigate. Any most likely suspects?
> > > Thanks. Keith
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
>