Last night….
Computer fritzed or not can’t be sure. May be the the graphics card could be the monitor but I have no way of knowing.
I dug out an old box to test the monitor. Soon as I plugged it in – Zap! It fried.
Now I am working on my old and very slow laptop and hoping it stays alive long enough to get this mess sorted out.
Anyone know how I might be able to test the monitor without being hooked up to a computer? It has power but does not present any menus for calibration etc.
Update – I am only marginally ahead of where things stood last night and still hoping it is simply a monitor problem.
To that end I have purchased a new one which I will pick up when the local Bestbuy opens at 11 am.
They have a nice enough looking BenQ on sale for 250 bucks, that’s with 150 off, hope it performs as well as the reviews say it does.
I am praying it is not a graphics card issue as it seems all AMD cards are sold out locally and am wondering if like all things chip related the “industry shortages” have also impacted their production. My main box runs on AMD not Intel.
My decrepit laptop is holding up so far, 1 of 3 USB ports operable. I did try hooking up my laptop to the old monitor via a HDMI cable last night to no avail. Maybe it is the monitor but given the state of my laptop I can’t be certain the HDMI connector isn’t also fritzed. It’s also AMD and is simply not suited as the daily workhorse at any rate.
If it’s not the monitor at least I’ll have a backup for the future.
