On Wed, 13 May 2020 11:44:43 -0500 Christopher Marlow <fedora@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am starting to think my monitor is going bad..... Because the only > time I have a problem is waking up the monitor from being powered > down. Didn't you mention some kind of wonky graphics happened with one of your tests? A login popup had strange colors or something? > Its like the backlight or something doesnt want to come on or > something. > > Other than that, when its running the monitor is fine. Theres no > burned in pixels or anything that I can see. And I dont smell any > "Magic Blue Smoke" just yet. Lol... At the least this indicates that the graphics device is working just fine. It sounds like the electronic circuits that drive power are going bad so that neither the manual switch or the signal from the computer turn it on most of the time. > So could it be the monitor after reading everything I just wrote? That would be my conclusion. Maybe you can pick up a cheap used monitor. Lots of people are upgrading to 2K and 4K monitors, and they are selling or giving their old monitors to charity. Are there any charity stores in your area? You could also try craigslist or ebay. Some other examples (I have no affiliation): https://moneypantry.com/apps-to-sell-stuff-locally/ _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
