[kwlug disc.] OT - hardware question

[Kyle Spaans]

On 11/6/07, Insurance Squared Inc. <gcooke at insurancesquared.com> wrote:
> Wondering if anyone's seen this before.  I've got an LCD screen (samsung
> 17") that's a bit older.  Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
> When it doesn't work, what it does is flashes briefly for a second (i.e.
> the POST screen) then blacks out. Then it may flash on again for a
> second (during the OS splash screen) then off again.
I haven't run into exactly the same thing before, but I have had a
video card not work in a system. Though I bet that's unlikely in your
case.

Do you have alternative video card to try out in that same box? Or
alternate boxes to try the monitor with?