saber850 wrote in message
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Hi,

My LCD desktop monitor has been exhibiting a problem
for over 1 year.
It is out of warranty and I would like to fix it.

The problem is that the monitor displays the picture,
and then
gradually fades to white, and then gradually fades to
black.

The monitor does not exhibit the problem all the time.
It comes and
goes. I do not have a procedure which triggers the
problem; it seems
to be random. Sometimes it will behave this way for
only a few
minutes, while other times it will behave like this
for weeks.

I do not do anything to trigger the problem, other
than have the
monitor powered on.

I have two of these monitors. I bought both monitors
at the same time.
Both monitors are connected to the same video card
(nVidia) via a DVI
connection. Only one of the monitors exhibits the
problem--the other
continues to function properly. When the monitor
exhibits the
problem, I can swap the DVI cables and the other
monitor continues to
function properly. So I do not believe the problem is
my video card or
computer.

I do not know of a method to get the monitor out of
this problem
state. I've tried cycling the power to the monitor,
and I've tried
rebooting the computer. Neither method fixes the
problem. The only
thing I can do is wait for it to fix itself. But
eventually, it
malfunctions again.

A video of the problem occurring is available he
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7YpFZVRjcE

Best regards,
Nick

Does this monitor have buttons on the front to control
brightness? Could one of those be stuck or shorted?

David