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Steve Reeves <steve@stever.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:<G6enZJCs+qgBFwdl@stever.demon.co.uk>...
> Hi there,
>
> Had a similar problem myself the other day (random VGA signal loss -
> definitely not the monitors as I have 2 and it affected both of them).
>
> Thought it was heat at first, added major cooling by means of a fan - no
> joy. Dodgy video card maybe, swapped it out with a spare - still same
> issue. Weird. I ended up taking out all the cards, the RAM and so on
> before re-seating them (after fully dusting the insides with an air
> blower) and the problem has gone away. Don't know why this worked - I
> was beginning to suspect (despite the fact the PC ran ok otherwise) the
> power supply to the AGP port or a broken motherboard but it has been
> fine since so likely nothing major.
>
> I too posted to a forum (2 in fact) but nobody was able to provide any
> guidance. I am mystified though as I don't understand why my actions
> would fix the problem. If you get any further info or enlightenment I
> would be really grateful if you could post or email it to me so I can
> diagnose better next time.
>
> Hope that helps a bit.
>
> Steve
>
> In message <41805371$1_2@alt.athenanews.com>, jcarre
> <jcarreras@e-wss-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> writes
> >I have a Dell M992 monitor with a P4 3.0ghz Dell Dimension XPS system.
> >I am having problems just about everyday, randomly, my screen turns
> >black yet the power on my system is still running and my monitor is
> >not turned off either?? You can tell because the little light on the
> >monitor is flicking on and off. I try turning on and off my monitor
> >with no results.
> >
> >I would appreciate anyone's help in the matter.
> >Thanks in advance.
> >
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I had a similar problem the other month on a Win98 system (5 years
old). The screen worked fine until certain websites where visited when
the screen would go black. Same sites each time.
I finally solved it by installing DirectX 8!
Hope this helps.