Hi,
I'm using an AOC Spectrum 9klr CRT monitor and WINDOWS XP.
In the last few weeks my monitor has begun having some problems, and there doesn't seem to be a pattern as to which programs are open when it occurs.
I'll be using the computer, sometimes it will not have been running for long, sometimes for hours, then everything on the screen except the mouse movement freezes, the whole screen switches to black, comes back with some scrambled lines and colours, then returns to Windows. After this has happened video files will play their audio but not their visuals untill I restart the computer.
I THOUGHT it might have been a problem with my video card, but I've LEFT the computer running with an old monitor for a week straight and the problem didn't occur.
Any clues would be appreciated!What video card do you have?
What happened before this started?
Does the problem happen on other PCs with that monitor?Also what refresh rate and resolution.Can't think of anything in particular that might have caused this to begin. I'd recently got a new motherboard and formatted, then this started happening occasionally, then almost daily.

My video card is a GeCube RADEON 9200 SE Game Buster.
The resolution is 1024x768, 75 Hertz refresh rate.
I hadn't considered trying the monitor on another PC yet, could be worth a shot.
Have you tried updating your graphics card drivers?
Do you know what happened before this started?
Can you think of anything, no matter how small, that you did or changed?So I ran the monitor on another system yesterday and it went well. Plugged it back into my computer and and after a day it did the same thing.
I'm back to thinking it's the video card with the problem. What's the best WAY to uninstall all traces of the previous drivers and update them? Quote

What video card do you have?
What happened before this started?
Does the problem happen on other PCs with that monitor?

My video card is a GeCube RADEON 9200 SE Game Buster.
The resolution is 1024x768, 75 Hertz refresh rate.