Acerview 77e CRT monitor - help needed

[Chieftess]

Does anyone have this type of monitor? It seems to have died on me. Ok, here's what happened:

Just before, Explorer (not Internet Explorer - I'm also using Win98SE) crashed. The monitor then shut off after the system stalled. I turned it back on, and this is were the trouble began. The green light came on, but fizzled out (that is, it was bright green, then dimmed like a flashlight weakening). Then, the brown light came on with a click, went off for about a split second, then came on again with another click. Then, it went off, and paused for a half second, and repeated itself. So, the sequence went like this:

[ GREEN LIGHT ] - flickering off - (immediately) [ BROWN LIGHT w/1 click ] - turns off for a fraction of a second - [ BROWN LIGHT w/1 click ] - turns off for about 1/2 a second, then starts the brown-light cycle again.

light:click - light:click - pause - light:click - light:click - pause

Unplugging it and replugging it didn't help. I was able to install a (much older) monitor, but it doesn't support the resolution needed for Civ3.

So, I'm civ-less for now.

 

[damunzy]

Sounds like the monitor is dead. I would suggest looking in your monitor's booklet (but who keeps that sucker around??) and look in the troubleshooting guide. Or you could go to their website and look in the FAQ for that model or call their tech support.

Wishing you luck

 

[Perfection]

I had an Acer moniters too. Came with an e-machine. Broke down along with all the other e-machine parts, (Mouse, keyboard, moniter, powersupply, speakers, and printer) Vowed never to buy anything that came with the e-machines logo agian.

 

[Chieftess]

Originally posted by PaleHorse76
Sounds like the monitor is dead. I would suggest looking in your monitor's booklet (but who keeps that sucker around??) and look in the troubleshooting guide. Or you could go to their website and look in the FAQ for that model or call their tech support.

Wishing you luck

I even looked at an online version. <sarcasm>Yeah, lots of help there. </sarcasm>

The only "troubleshooting" it had was "Check the driver" and "Check the connection".

 

[Chieftess]

BTW, I also build my systems. I never had a prefrence for any monitor. Right now, my Tatung monitor is installed, but my 3D graphics card doesn't like it one bit. So, it's stuck at 640x480, and refuses to play Civ3.

 

[BlueMonday]

How old is the monitor? Maybe you can still get it replaced on warrantee.

 

[Chieftess]

I've had it for 4 years, and there's only a 3-year warranty (figures).