| I have the "pleasure" of having one of these monitors displaying the EXACT
same symptoms (screen goes black, LCD panel says "-HI VOLTAGE FAIL") and
powering the monitor off/on cures the problem, kinda.
I say "kinda" because the symptom depends upon what is being displayed on
the screen at the time!!
I've had this monitor for over a year now and it's done it's "-HI VOLTAGE
FAIL"
trick off and on the whole time. Usually after I'd been away from my office
for a while, I'd come back and the "-HI VOLTAGE FAIL" would be flashing. I'd
cycle the power and it'd work fine, until I left again.
About a month ago, I changed the screen saver I'd been using. Now when I
return to my office, the screen saver is on, and the monitor is fine. That was
the first time I had the vaguest thought that what was being displayed MIGHT
have something to do with the problem. Today I downloaded a demo package and I
couldn't run the demo because the monitor would "die". Even power cycling
the monitor would only work for about 2 seconds! If, while the montor was
dead,
I blindly did an <Alt-Tab> to change focus to one of my other windows, THEN
doing a power cycle would correct the problem, UNTIL I switched back to the
demo!
So, I have S/W that will kill my monitor! Neat huh? :-(
On the back of the monitor I see:
PCXVA-F FMI - Philips
30-40950-01 Model: FSR871CV
November 93
When power cycled, the display says it's "Firmware 3.0"
Anyone what to take a stab at what's wrong? I'd guess that it's the F/W, but,
I'm not known for being a hardware type.
Don
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