Hello, this Samsung 244T is about 5yrs old now and has worked perfectly until recently
before:
when the monitor powers up with no signal, the standby light( power button ) flashes green in a regular on/off sequence
pressing the power light once turns standby light off ..pressing it again turns it back to flashing sequence
once a signal is sent via DVI from the pc to monitor ...the standby light goes solid green, the word 'Digital' appears top left to show the source ..then screen comes up
top center at the back of case(where it gets hot) ..if you put your good ear close ..you can hear an almost inaudible high clean buzz/whine of sorts ...which on/offs in time to the standby light ...and goes a clean solid buzz/whine when out of standby(signal present)
now:
once signal is present..it started( over a period of weeks ) taking longer to come out of standby ..from a few extras seconds, then minutes ..but now it takes some 20-30 mins for the screen to appear
when the screen does come up ...it says 'analogue' top left ..and I have to press the source button to switch it over to digital ..even though as far as I know no 'analogue' source has never been used with this monitor
when the power light button is flashing standby ...pressing it doesn't turn it off as before ..it remains flashing
when stuck in standby if I put my ear to the vent( top center ) ...the whine/buzz sounds dirty( like a fly stuck on a window sill ) ..like its struggling to make its regular on/off in time to the standby light ..as time goes on the buzz/whine gets cleaner and more regular ..until finally the screen comes up and it sounds like it did before
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these symptoms may be red herrings, but room temperature appears to dictate how long it takes to come out of standby ..and some testing with a hair dryer seems to confirm
also weirdly, on win7 if put the pc in sleep mode the day before ..the next day the monitor displays straight away, but for some reason this won't work 2 days in a row ..on the second day bringing it out of sleep gives the same old stuck in standby ....the sleep trick doesn't work on xp ...I'm a little confused how the OS would make a difference, wouldn't have thought windows would interact with hardware at this low level
before:
when the monitor powers up with no signal, the standby light( power button ) flashes green in a regular on/off sequence
pressing the power light once turns standby light off ..pressing it again turns it back to flashing sequence
once a signal is sent via DVI from the pc to monitor ...the standby light goes solid green, the word 'Digital' appears top left to show the source ..then screen comes up
top center at the back of case(where it gets hot) ..if you put your good ear close ..you can hear an almost inaudible high clean buzz/whine of sorts ...which on/offs in time to the standby light ...and goes a clean solid buzz/whine when out of standby(signal present)
now:
once signal is present..it started( over a period of weeks ) taking longer to come out of standby ..from a few extras seconds, then minutes ..but now it takes some 20-30 mins for the screen to appear
when the screen does come up ...it says 'analogue' top left ..and I have to press the source button to switch it over to digital ..even though as far as I know no 'analogue' source has never been used with this monitor
when the power light button is flashing standby ...pressing it doesn't turn it off as before ..it remains flashing
when stuck in standby if I put my ear to the vent( top center ) ...the whine/buzz sounds dirty( like a fly stuck on a window sill ) ..like its struggling to make its regular on/off in time to the standby light ..as time goes on the buzz/whine gets cleaner and more regular ..until finally the screen comes up and it sounds like it did before
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these symptoms may be red herrings, but room temperature appears to dictate how long it takes to come out of standby ..and some testing with a hair dryer seems to confirm
also weirdly, on win7 if put the pc in sleep mode the day before ..the next day the monitor displays straight away, but for some reason this won't work 2 days in a row ..on the second day bringing it out of sleep gives the same old stuck in standby ....the sleep trick doesn't work on xp ...I'm a little confused how the OS would make a difference, wouldn't have thought windows would interact with hardware at this low level
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