Re: [tlug] Dying Monitor?

[Kalin KOZHUHAROV <me.kalin@example.com>]

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 3:57 PM, David Emery <dave@example.com> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
If it is dying backlight, try shining some strong light  when it is
"black" and you should see some faded picture. If that is the case...
well finding similar inverter might be hard or easy depending on the
model.

Kalin.