Is my 3D monitor dying?

ibex333

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I have an Acer 27 inch 3D monitor. It's been working like a champ till now, when I moved out from my parents place and into a new apartment. Now it shuts off every 20-40 min or so and either immediately turns on again, or stays off for a good 5-10 min and eventually turns on again.

I thought there is something wrong with power in my new place, but all other devices work fine. No blackouts.... So it must be the monitor. Is this thing dying, and if so, is there any way to repair by myself or as the Russians like to say... "Time to flush the water?"

PS: Monitor is long out of warranty, and even if it isn't, I don't know how I would take advantage of the warranty since I am not the original owner and don't have his contact details.

Also, I was googling "monitor shuts off" and stumbled upon a website where someone was suggesting to a user that refresh rate has to do with such issues too... Funny, because I just switched from 60Hz refresh rate to 120Hz refresh rate when I moved to the new place. This monitor is DESIGNED to be run at 120Hz. It's just that I always ran it at 60Hz before because I wasn't aware it was not running at 120Hz by default!

Now when I am running at 60Hz again, lets see if this thing shuts off...
 
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ibex333

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Never mind. Monitor is perfectly fine. Researched the issue further. The issue was with refresh rate and how software handles it. Whenever I'd set 120Hz in Win 7 monitor would shut off. When I'd set 120Hz in nVidia control panel, it runs at 120Hz just fine.

No more shutoffs.
 

nightspydk

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You should be able to run at 60 hz without problems also mate. Is that the case?

Refresh should not make the screen go of hmm. :( :)
 

bystander36

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It sounds like Windows had the wrong frequencies for the monitor when enabling 120hz. The Nvidia control panel must use the proper frequencies for it to work.
 

ibex333

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monitor started shutting off again this morning.... : (
Shuts off at 120Hz, and 60Hz. Hitting it hard on the back seems to jolt something back to life and it turns on again. Works every time.


What the hell is causing this?