{"id":20830,"date":"2017-04-05T17:53:38","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T17:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/?p=20830"},"modified":"2017-04-05T17:53:38","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T17:53:38","slug":"home-computer-use-screen-going-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/home-computer-use-screen-going-black\/","title":{"rendered":"Home computer use: screen going black"},"content":{"rendered":"

Keeping older computer systems running can involve self-tutoring. The tutor shares an adventure he had with his main computer.<\/h1>\n

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

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.)<\/p>\n

I was surprised that the monitor could change suddenly from “a little fuzzy” to “black after 2 seconds”.<\/p>\n

HTH:)<\/p>\n

Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 …<\/p>\n

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