Highly irritating (and apparently common) monitor issue!!!

[pillowmaker911]

I have a highly irritating problem with a monitor on one of my computers. The display skips a little every few seconds and every so often it will go black for a few seconds then come back completely normal. The connection isn't loose, the power supply for it is fine as far as I can tell, hardware acceleration has been tested at all levels and it makes no difference, tried refresh rate at all three rates supported by my monitor (60Hz, 70Hz, and 75Hz) again, no difference. Drivers on video card and monitor are up to date as far as I can tell.

Video Card: ATI Radeon 9200 SERIES, driver version 8.252
Monitor: HP f1703 (17-inch LCD, 4 years old now) driver version 2.2.0.0 (can't find newer one)

Newer drivers for both may solve the issue, if anyone can find them please tell me where I've searched for a long time. I've spent a few hours researching this and can't find a helpful answer to my exact problem, mostly the monitor blacking out completely though from the sounds of it that's where my monitor is heading. Any additional help would be highly appreciated as I can't afford to have it fixed by someone or replaced. I'm fairly computer literate so don't bother adding extra descriptions to any directions you may have, I can probably figure most of them out. If I'm confused I'll be sure to ask

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

the drivers for lots are available here, dunno bout yours:
http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.HTML

 

[pillowmaker911]

the drivers for lots are available here, dunno bout yours:
http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.HTML

That's where I downloaded my current one back in like July, I downloaded it again cuz it said it was posted in November and the number didn't change. I think I have a newer version of Catalyst Control Center now but I don't know for sure.

 

[Genocidicbunny]

If you have another monitor test your computer with it. If the flickering stops its your monitor, if it doesnt its your GPU. Id then suggest swapping out the video card (if you know someone that has a compatible GPU)

 

[kcwong]

Check Event viewer to see if there's any errors.

Which OS are you using? Your description sounded like your video driver is restarting (which applies to Vista).

 

[jono256]

Have you tried testing both outputs from your 9200? You might need an adapter though.