Question Defective Monitor?

[beef2602]

Hi guys,

I have a pretty old Samsung monitor which worked still perfectly fine when I used it. It was stored in a cupboard for a few months now because nobody used it. Now I wanted to use it for a little bit of gaming (because it has a reaction time of 2ms, which is better then my other Full HD monitor) - anyways, when I connect the monitor to my PC, there seems to be a working signal but the screen is only showing up for a fraction of a second, then it turns completely black. After 1-2 seconds, it displays again the PC's signal for just a few milliseconds, then it turns black again .. this seems to be going on and on and on ...

I just wanted to know if this monitor is broken (can it even be defect of just lying around?) or if I'm just missing something here.

The monitor is a Samsung Syncmaster 206BW. It has only DVI and VGA as video inputs. What I've tried so far:

• use a HDMI -> DVI cable
• use a DVI -> DVI cable
• use a different power cord
• connect the monitor to three different PCs (1 Windows PC, 2 different MacBooks)

Nothing worked so far. But when the image is showing up for just a few milliseconds, the image still looks fine. No dead areas, nothing broken. The monitor ist just turning off and on again, repeatedly.

Thanks for your help!

 

[Grobe]

Pretty sure the monitor is broken. If there is an "Auto" button, you can try that - or otherwise button for select input (that's the only slightly hope)

 

[beef2602]

Thank's for your reply! It has an "Auto" button, but I can only press that if there is a "working" signal. Otherwise my monitor is ignoring this button.

Even if there is no PC connected, it has the same behavior. So you think it is broken?