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Broken monitor?

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Okay, I'll start this with how I came across the problem, I left my PC on all night doing things, to walked up to the monitor, still having a blue indicator light, but not an image. I turned off my PC and back on, to find it blink the image of "press del to enter UEFI" for less than a second and then it went back to no image. I tried resetting several times, I have reseated every piece of hardware in my PC, I have unplugged an replugged in everything, and I have switched the ports for my DVI several times, so, in short. Is my monitor dead, and do I need to replace it? The monitor is the ViewSonic VA nineteen30wm QFP065121114 [Serial number] From 2006 [ps the nineteen is meant to be the numbers but I can't click nine on my phone, it's a long story] please just tell me if it's a problem with the PC or do I just need a new monitor, and if so can you recommend any very cheap DVI monitors?

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35 minutes ago, MiNy said:

Your best call is to try another display such as a TV or better yet another monitor. Once you've tried an alternative display, you know what action to take from there.

I do not have another monitor pr display in the house that takes DVI nor do I have the money to buy an adapter

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The monitor is 12 years old? Could've just died of old age. But if it's just a bad cable causing this, no point buying a whole new monitor for that.
 

Could you just take the computer and/or monitor to a friend/family member's house to test it if you don't have any spare cables/parts to actually test it?

 

To be honest, if you're fine with using a super old monitor like that, you could just buy a refurb monitor, though the cheapest monitors are 4:3 1600x900 resolution.

If you have a local computer/recycling center nearby, you might want to pop in there to see if they have any cheap monitors.

Here's a few cheap ones
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA5HA3UZ3531&cm_re=refurb_monitor-_-9SIA5HA3UZ3531-_-Product
 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA5HA5NA5383&cm_re=refurb_monitor-_-9SIA5HA5NA5383-_-Product

 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA5HA37N6601&cm_re=refurb_monitor-_-9SIA5HA37N6601-_-Product

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10 minutes ago, TetraSky said:

The monitor is 12 years old? Could've just died of old age. But if it's just a bad cable causing this, no point buying a whole new monitor for that.
 

Could you just take the computer and/or monitor to a friend/family member's house to test it if you don't have any spare cables/parts to actually test it?

 

To be honest, if you're fine with using a super old monitor like that, you could just buy a refurb monitor, though the cheapest monitors are 4:3 1600x900 resolution.

If you have a local computer/recycling center nearby, you might want to pop in there to see if they have any cheap monitors.

Here's a few cheap ones
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA5HA3UZ3531&cm_re=refurb_monitor-_-9SIA5HA3UZ3531-_-Product
 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA5HA5NA5383&cm_re=refurb_monitor-_-9SIA5HA5NA5383-_-Product

 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA5HA37N6601&cm_re=refurb_monitor-_-9SIA5HA37N6601-_-Product

My whole family kinda hates technology, sp I would be surprised if they did has a spare monitor, and thanks, I'll look into those monitors

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