Sandi, The primary culprit is the data cable. With both puter and monitor power off, disconnect and then reconnect it at both the monitor AND at the tower. If that doesn't work, you may be looking for a new monitor soon. Peace, GMan http://reddit.com "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask!" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandi Beach" <sandib2@xxxxxxxxx> To: "pctechtalk" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 8:45 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Monitor >I have a ViewSonic monitor and have had it since 2003. Today it is fading > in and out from normal to dim and back again with resulting change in > colors > to some extent. I am running Windows XP Pro on a custom made PC. > I ran diagnostics and it is functioning o.k. (or so it says).I went to the > web site and found a new driver and downloaded it but then I read > somewhere > that this plug and play does not have a driver. So I am struggling and > confused! I have sent a couple of messages to support at ViewSonic but > have > not had time to hear back from them. And it is almost Christmas and I > really don't have time right now to do all the troubleshooting I need to > do. > If anyone has any ideas as to what I should do next please let me know. I > fear I may lose the monitor entirely the way it is fluxuating. > Sandi --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------