Do monitors go bad?

Periodically my Acer just goes black. A light tap brings it back to life.

Is that its way of saying that it no longer wants to play?

Yep, specifically it sounds like a loose solder joint. In the days of CRT monitors these were common where wires met the magnets that diverted the beam one way or another, so your image would turn into a line and smacking the monitor would fix it temporarily. Yours is probably at connection to the backlight system or a signal wire.

Yep.. LCD panel vs LED? Backlights go bad often.

Good news. Fairly easy to replace.

Thanks for the confirmation. Yeah, it's LCD: http://www.amazon.com/Acer-X233H-bid-23-Inch-Monitor/dp/B001OD76SG

$100 monitor. Time to upgrade to LED.

Thanks. Shopping right now....

David S. Wallens wrote: Thanks. Shopping right now....

I do a lot of graphics-rich stuff and I am a big fan of Samsung monitors. Great detail and color and very little eyestrain.

I ordered an LED Acer. I figure this one gave us years of service. The new one should be here tomorrow. I know, so exciting.

And whenever discussing monitors, it's hard not to think about this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Monitor

So, like 10 minutes after I hit "purchase," the doorbell rang and it was the mailman with a package from Amazon. Sadly, though, it was not my monitor.

Just to clarify here, the monitor you just ordered is an LED backlit LCD monitor. Your old monitor was likely a CCFL (cold cathode fluorescent) backlit LCD.

Yeah. For what I'm doing, it's fine. Mainly it needs to not flicker.

David S. Wallens wrote: And whenever discussing monitors, it's hard not to think about this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Monitor

Ah, a Civil War History buff!

History minor, in fact.

Toyota monitors do not go bad. Had that original monitor been made by Toyota, it would still be running. Alas, GM and Dodge monitors are not as reliable, and if you ever have to deal with an English made monitor, you will run screaming for the Toyota dealer.

English made monitors are fine, you just have to keep a drip pan under them to catch the leaking oil.

My LG monitor went dim on one side the other day... One side is just a hair darker then the other. Really sucks looks like im going to have to upgrade