Re: [tlug] Dying Monitor?

[David Emery <dave@example.com>]

pjacobs@example.com writes:

> I've got a Samsung SyncMaster 245B external monitor
> There are times when I power it on, connect it to my laptop,
> and screen remains completely black. Then after a while, seemingly out of the
> blue, the screen comes on. And then after another while (sometimes anyway), it
> goes back to black. The blue power light remains onthroughout, so I'm
> thinking it's not an issue with the power supply.
> Has anyone ever seen such behavior with external monitors? 

Sounds like a dying backlight. Supposedly they can be replaced, though I
opened one up once (Iiyama) to take a look and quickly decided to just
trash it.

Dave