Monitor or GPU?

[SiZcO]

Just last night it started doing this.. my monitor would turn off and on for a split second and back on.. it already has pink lines in monitor and on games sometimes but nothing to bad.. Well i changed to a Vizio 32 inch TV just to see and everything seems to be working fine.. when a monitor turns off and on like that does that indicate its a bad monitor?

 

[Drogos]

keep using the tv for a day or so and if the issue dont happen meant ur monitor is the culprit.

 

[carnageX]

Yep - if the same issues don't appear on the other display, the monitor is most likely the problem.

 

[Trotter]

I would hook the monitor back up and see if it happens again. It could have been a flaky cable connection.

 

[SiZcO]

Thanks for the replys. I'm not seeing the pink lines in games I play or lines during videos like I was seeing but yeah I'll keep testing it. Hate to spend 300 on a new monitor and it wasn't the problem

 

[carnageX]

$300? What kind of monitor you planning on picking up?

Got my 25", 1080p Acer for $160 or so.

 

[SiZcO]

$300? What kind of monitor you planning on picking up?

Got my 25", 1080p Acer for $160 or so.

My old monitor was 27 inch so i'm spoiled to get anything smaller.. but found this one for 235 so its not too bad.. what you think?

https://www.amazon.com/MX279H-MX279...8&qid=1481492820&sr=1-4&keywords=asus+monitor

 

[SiZcO]

I feel like an idiot. Well my DVI port points directly down on the back of the monitor i didn't think it was loose.. well i had the monitor on it and was messing with wire and it kept going out and blinking apparently that what the problem was.. i just don't how it even got loose. :/

 

[Trotter]

I feel like an idiot. Well my DVI port points directly down on the back of the monitor i didn't think it was loose.. well i had the monitor on it and was messing with wire and it kept going out and blinking apparently that what the problem was.. i just don't how it even got loose. :/

Check the screws that the DVI cable attach to. They may be loose or you may have one missing; been there, done that. As for how it could be loose it is way too easy to snag a cable with your foot or even for just the continuous tension/weight to slowly pull it loose.

 

[SiZcO]

Check the screws that the DVI cable attach to. They may be loose or you may have one missing; been there, done that. As for how it could be loose it is way too easy to snag a cable with your foot or even for just the continuous tension/weight to slowly pull it loose.

Yeah, one side was totally unscrewed.. i was dusting the day before and i must of knocked completely loose then the following day is when it started to act up.. but i'm glad it was the cable then anything else.