Comments on: Gray Screen Of Death?

Question: Gray Screen Of Death?

davidmsc — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 17:46:46 -0800

Running WinXP, with Samsung 150s flat-panel monitor -- both about 2 1/2 years old -- never had any problem with either...but during the last week or so, after sitting idle for a short period of time (perhaps 10 minutes?), the monitor screen goes gray -- dark, charcoaly, gray.

Nothing else on the screen -- no screensaver, no icons, nothing -- just gray. Moving the mouse, clicking buttons, even alt-ctrl-del does nothing at all, so each of the four or five times this has happened, I've had to simply power down and then power up again. No other problems that I'm aware of -- everything else seems to be working just fine. Any ideas...?

By: AlexReynolds

AlexReynolds — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 17:55:10 -0800

I have a 15-inch Sony flat panel that does the same thing. I gently squeeze/massage the left side of the enclosure and this gets the video back. I suspect the video cable is loose inside the enclosure, and squeezing reconnects it.

By: 327.ca

327.ca — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 18:36:37 -0800

No worries. You need Screen Cleaner Pro.

By: davidmsc

davidmsc — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 18:38:17 -0800

Ah-ha -- hadn't considered something as simply elegant as that! I'll give it a shot -- thanks, AR! And 327.ca -- almost fooled me -- today, of all days!

By: cillit bang

cillit bang — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 18:43:43 -0800

Do the monitor's own adjustment menus still work?