Monitor problems

If it's not one thing, it's another.  I've had bad luck with monitors since last Friday and currently only have my notebook and table working.

The first problem I noticed was that it looked like the red gun on one of my three monitors quit working last Friday.  I first checked the cable from the computer to it with a second cable and saw the same problem.  Since I had been using the VGA port on this monitor I decided to check the DVI input.  I plugged in a cable from a machine with DVI output and the monitor looked normal.  I figured maybe the red input pin on the cable had gotten loose, so I tweaked the VGA cable around a bit and the red gun would fire now and then and the monitor would look correct.  But I could not find a position that was stable, so I disconnected the VGA input completely and connected this monitor to the machine with the DVI output.

About two hours later the monitor completely died.  It would not recognize any inputs at all.  Fortunately, it is under warranty and is getting replaced.

The second monitor died today - its problems started with the left 1/8 of the screen drawing yellow and degraded as the day went by.

The monitor stand on the final monitor went out as well, but the monitor works.

Finally, right in the middle of all this, I got a DVI and USB junction box so that I can switch monitors, the mouse and keyboard around more easily.  But it was not a multi-monitor junction box, so once I got all the old VGA cables and such disconnected, I got stuck.

That was my Monday.  Sigh.  I just want to get back to testing OneNote!

Questions, comments, concerns and criticisms always welcome,
John

Comments

• Anonymous
  January 31, 2012
  You have the worst luck...