Monitor issue

[corpse]

A freind just called me and his monitor is flashing greeen light, but the screen is black. It is making a strange clicking sound as it flashes green.

It is a Samsung syncmaster. Does it sound like it's toast?

[Tormentius]

A freind just called me and his monitor is flashing greeen light, but the screen is black. It is making a strange clicking sound as it flashes green.

It is a Samsung syncmaster. Does it sound like it's toast?

Quite possibly. Don't open it up and try to fix it! Monitor capacitors hold enough of a charge, unplugged, to stop your heart. Take it in for repair or have it replaced.

[corpse]

I have a samsung also and I went to their site and one thing is to unplug from compouter and then turn the monitor on. It should show an unplugged or No video cable attached picture/image.

It does this on mine, but on his it stays black and the green light flashes and it still makes a clicking sound.

I've been told that it isnt worth fixing monitors because it costs more than a new one almost. Is this true?

[^misantropia^]

I've been told that it isnt worth fixing monitors because it costs more than a new one almost. Is this true?

Yes.

[corpse]

OK, the Samsung site said if you unplug the monitor from the computer and then turn the monitor on and dont see the No video cable signal, it could mean that the backlight is out.

What is a backlight? Expensive?

[Tormentius]

As said above, its almost always more expensive to have them repaired than to just buy another one. Expensive parts + $60-$120/hr labor = more than a replacement.

[corpse]

Yeah, thanks.

Just checking.

[Foo]

Try placing another high-drain piece of equipment (such as a hair dryer) onto the socket the monitor is connected to.

The last time I saw symptoms like that it was the power loop coming up, the monitor turning on, then the loop tripping out. Monitor turns off, power trips back on, and so on.

Was happening for about 1 week solid on one of the grinders where I work.

[corpse]

I actualy brought it home and plugged it into a socket with nothing else and it did the same.

Not connected to a computer, just plug into wall socket and turn the monitor on. Green light flashes and ticks/clicks each time it flashes. Screen remains black

[ElNinio]

OK, the Samsung site said if you unplug the monitor from the computer and then turn the monitor on and dont see the No video cable signal, it could mean that the backlight is out.

What is a backlight? Expensive?

backlights are only found in tft monitors (flat panels) you sound like oyu have a CRT (bulky glass thing like a tv) - i never heard a TFT make clicking sounds because they dont run on high voltages

so first question we ask you is:

do you have a tft or a crt?

[Hr.O]

The clicking sound is probably a (security)relay. This points to a problem like internal shortcircuit or overvoltage. The only thing to do is to take it up for repair, or take it out with the rest of the garbage.