My Computer Monitor Isn't Working Too Good!

Here is a picture that has a monitor that looks similar to mine. I hate to say that the monitor (as well as the whole computer system itself) is quite old - about maybe 10 years old!


I had a talk with The Computer Brother and told him about the problem that I was having with my computer monitor and he says that its time to get a new computer monitor! I'm going to have to agree with him because now the monitor works just sometimes - and I can't have that!

So now its time to get a replacement monitor!

How Long Does A Computer Monitor Last?

I'm already having trouble with my CD drive and now comes a new problem with my computer monitor! I know its an older monitor model but I was hoping that it would last forever!

I'm having a problem with my computer monitor in that it is not coming on! The plugs and connections are securly in place and the lights on the computer monitor that are supposed to light up are lit up! But it is not coming on. Now I had the computer on for two days straight and it was working fine up until then. But when I got it out of "sleep" mode that is when the screen went blank. Now I have tried turning it on and off again but it only shows for a few seconds and then the computer screen goes blank! I'm hoping if I leave it off for a while (to let it "cool" down?) that it will come back on again and everything will be as it was.....

But I am curious as to how long a computer monitor can last. I still have the instruction manual for it and I have read it and the only thing that it mentions besides making sure that the plugs and connections are secure is to check and make sure that the monitor has proper ventilation.

So please keep your fingers crossed!

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Sampo AlphaScan 511L Monitor Problem

When it's turned on, the light on my monitor blinks but the screen doesn't display anything. Why ....

When it's turned on, the light on my monitor blinks but the screen doesn't display anything. Why might this be happening, and how can I fix it?

Posted by Powe33 on Aug 08, 2005

Other Sampo AlphaScan 511L Monitor Problems:

• samsung syncmaster 730 b no picture
• The monitor turns off and on repeatedly.
• Screen becomes unviewable

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A Laptop With A Floppy Drive?

My brother and I were talking about laptops the other day and it occurred to my that while I would love to have a laptop I would love it even more if that laptop had a floppy disk drive.

I have a lot of backup files on floppy disk and it would be just so good if I could work on them using my laptop. I was watching one of QVC's shows where they were featuring Dell computers and one of them was a laptop but alas it didn't have a floppy disk drive.

The Computer Brother has mentioned about older laptops that have a floppy disk drive but I'm wondering if any of them are still around. You would probably have to know someone who knows where to get such an older laptop model.

Fortunately for me I know someone just like that - LOL!

Sometimes It Just Amazes Me!

In case you didn't know this is the weekend that Daylight Savings Time ends. It is the time when we turn back our clocks one hour. It also stands out a little bit because beginning this year (2007) the government has changed the time when we turn our clocks.

I'm mentioning this because I noticed that my cellphone has already done the change. I just wonder how this is possible - especially this year when the date of changing the clocks has changed. I mean is there some way that my cellphone can be programmed by someone (or something) else? Was it already programmed into the cellphone to change the time at the time that the time was supposed to change? I guess I should just be happy that it changed all by itself without me having to do it but I still wonder how it was able to do that?

Meanwhile I still have a lot of clocks to change around the house.