Samsung P2350, help?

[ElectroGoofy]

Hello, all.

Ok, last Christmas my parents bought both my brother and I a Samsung P2350 for Christmas. Until a few days ago they have been working fine...

For some reason, my screen randomly turns off when I am in the middle of stuff. It doesn't go into a sleep mode or anything, the monitor completely shuts off. I have been reading about this and apparently a lot of other people have been having this problem as well. My brother is not having the same problem with his screen.

I am not too interested in sending the screen back.... I have read from a couple of people that they sent it in and got it back a few weeks later with scratches on it, but still having the problem.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[Guest]

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/58596-3-official-flat-panel-repairs-thread

 

[ElectroGoofy]

Am I correct in the assumption that this is mainly for the problem stated at the beginning of the post? If so, this is not my problem...

Sorry, I should have been more clear, my screen will often work fine for several hours, then just randomly turn off, or sometimes half an hour apart.

 

[Guest]

If it gets worse it may prove to be the capacitors.

 

[lowlevel]

My P2350 randomly turns ON in the middle of the night... I got sick of turning it off every morning, so I now keep it unplugged. I've seen a lot of complaints about this particular model turning itself off, but I have not seen that yet. I suspect there is a design flaw in the touch control electronics ... (I'll probably have to send it to Samsung for repair...)

 

[ElectroGoofy]

Oh, completely forgot about this thread....


I did quite a bit of looking, but couldn't seem to find the answer.... until I saw a genius post by someone suggesting that the OPer change the amount of time the screen allows before turning off. What a novel idea?

Anyway, I searched through the menu settings even more than my quick once-over I had done before. Well, lo and behold, there was a setting called "Off timer." That was it.

Not sure what triggered it... something may have actually gone wrong with the screen, just a simple power setting fixed it for me though.


It's amazing how we overlook the simplest of things, isn't it?


@lowlevel - Sorry, never heard of that issue before...