Help - My New Monitor is Blinking!?

[rustang351c]

I upgraded from an Acer 1680x1050 LCD, to a LG IPS234t-pn 1920x1080 LED.

Of course the old monitor was working fine. It uses a DVI connection.

The new monitor blinks off and on every couple minutes for a few seconds, or more often if I am clicking on different windows, etc. It also flashes a “DVI input” symbol in the upper right corner when it does it, to tell me there is a problem…? There is also static along the right border of the screen, and very slight static over the desktop icons.

I’ve tried checking the monitor connections (uses a power brick), re-seating the video card, installing the monitor driver, although that usually isn’t necessary… I couldn’t find a cheap replacement DVI cable locally…

So what do you think? Bad monitor, DVI cable, or video card?

Ps. Seems like I had a similar problem with the border static on the old monitor years ago, but it cured itself…

 

[danny2000]

What model is your video card?
My guess is that it is the video cable.

 

[rustang351c]

Sorry, thought my signature was showing... kind of an old system.

E6600, Asus P5B-deluxe, Sapphire x1950xtx 512mb, 2mb Gskill, Corsair 520w, WinXP.

 

[danny2000]

Sorry, I didn't look at your Member configuration stats first. Obviously, the video card supports much higher resolutions.

Have you tried the monitor on any other computer or laptop?

 

[rustang351c]

No. Good idea.

 

[danny2000]

I still think that it is the cable, but it is always a good idea to test on another computer.

 

[rustang351c]

24 gauge DVI cable arrived from monoprice today.... it fixed everything.

no more snow / fuzz around the edge, no more blinking screen.

Thanks

 

[rustang351c]

Best answer selected by rustang351c.

 

[danny2000]

great!!! glad that you can now use it!!!!