[CLUE-Tech] Tired video card?

[Stephen Lehr]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale Hawkins" <dhawkins at cdrgts.com>
To: "clue-tech" <clue-tech at clue.denver.co.us>
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 8:15 AM
Subject: [CLUE-Tech] Tired video card?


>
> I have an aging (gosh, almost 4 years old) matrox g200 AGP video card
> in my home PC.  Lately, when I power up the computer, the monitor does
> not wake up.  If I let the box boot all the way, Linux can still
> communicate with the video card, but the monitor remains ominously
> dark (the sleep mode LED indicates the monitor is still in standby
> mode).
>

I had a similar experience where I suspected my video card, power supply,
motherboard, etc.  My monitor was on its death bed.  Video cards are very
durable, monitors less so.