Keeping older computer systems running can involve self-tutoring. The tutor shares an adventure he had with his main computer.

Our main computer is from April 2010. We got a deal on it; even then, I guess it was an older model.

Perhaps for the last couple of weeks, the monitor has been giving a picture that’s a bit fuzzy and maybe a bit jumpy. I realized that it probably would need to be changed out due to age.

This morning, the monitor went black, and wouldn’t recover when I pressed a key or moved the mouse. Turning the monitor off, then back on, it would show the desktop for a few seconds, then go black again.

I read about the problem several places on the web. I came to believe, from following instructions that didn’t work, that indeed the monitor was the problem.

I swapped out the original monitor for a less-used one. Now everything’s fine. (As my wife points out: good we had a spare.)

I was surprised that the monitor could change suddenly from “a little fuzzy” to “black after 2 seconds”.

HTH:)

Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane, Campbell River, BC.