Monitor blinking problem

hardcore_gamer29

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hi friends i have a problem either with Gpu or monitor.My monitor blinks for a second then returns back to normal and also screen is stretching towards for left for a second then becomes normal please help and sorry for any grammatical mistake
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Puffnstuff

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Well interestingly enough I had a similar problem. At first I thought it was my monitor as it would blank out no matter what I was doing even during gaming. Turns out my gpu was going bad and now that I have replaced it the blinking has stopped. If possible you should try another card and see if the problem goes away and if it does then it's your gpu. If it doesn't then you know it's your monitor. Good luck.
 

BrightCandle

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Cable is the first thing to replace, just because its cheap to do so. Secondly I would blame the GPU over the monitor, just because of the momentary nature of it. Monitors don't tend to fail in this particular way whereas GPUs sometimes do have bugs that cause these sorts of odd problems.
 

hardcore_gamer29

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thnx all for replying but of which company should i buy the new cable and this thing happens only once in 4 months so if i send gpu for RMA they will not be able to chech it
 

Puffnstuff

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So you're saying that it has only happened once over a 4 month period? Do you see any artifacts when you boot up or at any other time while using it?
 

BrightCandle

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If it's only every 4 months its not worth doing anything about. Just live with it !