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Paul H

Flightless Bird
My Acer 5810 has just developed a strange symptom. I normally use an
external monitor as additional screen geography. Now if I have the external
monitor plugged in, both screens flash off and on, not fast, but rendering
the laptop unusable. I have run both Ad Aware full scan, Malwarebytes full
scan, and Avast full scan. No problems found to fix. Does that mean I have
to send the computer to Acer for repair? TIA, Paul
 
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BillW50

Flightless Bird
In news:4c5d796d$0$11813$bbae4d71@news.suddenlink.net,
Paul H typed on Sat, 7 Aug 2010 10:18:48 -0500:
> My Acer 5810 has just developed a strange symptom. I normally use an
> external monitor as additional screen geography. Now if I have the
> external monitor plugged in, both screens flash off and on, not fast,
> but rendering the laptop unusable. I have run both Ad Aware full
> scan, Malwarebytes full scan, and Avast full scan. No problems found
> to fix. Does that mean I have to send the computer to Acer for
> repair? TIA, Paul

It could be Paul! Although it could be the external monitor cable or the
external monitor itself. So I would try a completely different cable and
monitor first before I would blame the laptop.

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Bill
Gateway MX6124 ('06 era) 1 of 3 - Windows XP SP2
 
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Paul H

Flightless Bird
"BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote in message
news:i3kcvd$5ta$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> In news:4c5d796d$0$11813$bbae4d71@news.suddenlink.net,
> Paul H typed on Sat, 7 Aug 2010 10:18:48 -0500:
>> My Acer 5810 has just developed a strange symptom. I normally use an
>> external monitor as additional screen geography. Now if I have the
>> external monitor plugged in, both screens flash off and on, not fast,
>> but rendering the laptop unusable. I have run both Ad Aware full
>> scan, Malwarebytes full scan, and Avast full scan. No problems found
>> to fix. Does that mean I have to send the computer to Acer for
>> repair? TIA, Paul
>
> It could be Paul! Although it could be the external monitor cable or the
> external monitor itself. So I would try a completely different cable and
> monitor first before I would blame the laptop.
>
> --
> Bill
> Gateway MX6124 ('06 era) 1 of 3 - Windows XP SP2

Thank you Bill. Changing the cable took care of the problem.
 
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BillW50

Flightless Bird
In news:4c5dc713$0$11843$bbae4d71@news.suddenlink.net,
Paul H typed on Sat, 7 Aug 2010 15:50:05 -0500:
> Thank you Bill. Changing the cable took care of the problem.

Good deal Paul! Glad to help.

--
Bill
Gateway MX6124 ('06 era) 1 of 3 - Windows XP SP2
 
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