screen suddenly gone darker
Duncan Lithgow
duncan at lithgow-schmidt.dk
Sun Jan 23 22:15:09 UTC 2005
James Wilkinson wrote:
>Duncan Lithgow wrote:
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>>My screen has just gone suddenly darker - again. It did this a while ago
>>in windows and now it's done it under fc3. I'm guessing that it's a
>>hardware issue because it's the same when i goot to windows _and_ it
>>effects the grub boot dialogue too! That means whatever's happening it's
>>early in the bootup process. That's if software even plays a role at all...
>>
>>I'd love some suggestions for what to do about this - how to pin down a
>>cause. I've got brightness and contrast turned up to max - if it happens
>>yet again, then things will be annoyingly dark.
>>
>>
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>What sort of screen are we talking about? What sort of connection?
>
>It could be the screen, the connection, or the graphics card.
>
>How old is the screen? How much has it been used? (Could it be old age?)
>
>Is this a laptop? (Could it be something to do with laptop power
>saving?)
>
>Can you check that everything is plugged in properly?
>
>Is there any chance you can try the same monitor with a different
>computer, or the same PC with a different screen?
>
>James.
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>
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I've checked it in our other computer - it's just as dark in that one.
So I guess the screen is the problem - right?
I'll dig out the receipt - here in Denmark there's a two year guarantee
on electrical goods. this is under a year old.
Duncan
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