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A little bit of pimping first.

puszysty has a poll for maybe pulling together a Camp Sparkle US. So go, tell her what you think

For all you computer geniuses out there. My monitor has started to fade out if I leave my computer for any length of time. I leave my computer on 24/7 but lately if it doesn't get touched for more than a few hours the screen goes dim, like you can see the windows but only really faint. I can fix it by rebooting, but it's annoying. Any ideas?

I need to paint today. I took a day off yesterday but can't really do that again. Still, I can't do that until Corey wakes up. Hopefully he'll be in bed a few hours yet.

ETA: Why must the Mikey/Pete be so tragic? One glorious summer and then it's over. I want to read about it lasting forever, and by them being alive. Not dying so they can stay together.

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Might be the screen backlight going out, in which case you'd need to get the bulb replaced. But hey, I'm no expert.

I really hope it's something easy like that. I hate when poor Silver stutters on me.

good luck with the painting!

when you say you leave your computer on 24/7, do you leave the screen on, or on screensaver, or on energy save mode, where either the computer or the screen switches itself off after a certain length of time? (she asks, trying to work out if it's likely to be a physical monitor thing, or a software thing)

The painting is going very slowly. Mainly because I am very slow.

I have a screensaver but the screen shuts itself down when I haven't been using it for a while. At least it used to, now it goes to that weird fade thing which needs a reboot to fix.

I would recommend turning off the screen when you don't use it even if the computer itself is on 24/7. Not because of any technical reason but because the screen is the major power hog on a computer so turning it off will save at least a little money. And if you can't turn it off independently on the computer set it so that it goes into sleeper mode after a period of inactivity, that will at least save a little energy.

I never knew that about the screen being a power hog. I'm going to start switching if off on a night now.

It was much worse with the old type of screen, modern LCD screens are better.

I hate how Mikey/Pete is tragic also. Poor boys! I just want them to be happy and together, is that so much to ask?

Yes! Exactly! I read one this morning that was based on Dead Poet's Society, and it was a lovely story, but Pete and Mikey committed suicide so they could stay together. I had tears

There should be happiness and joy. Not pain and endings :(

desktop? I'd just say turn off the monitor when you're not using it.

Yep, desktop. I tried that last night but when I woke up it had still done the fade thing.

Stink. Yea, I don't know a whole lot about computers so...

You can set your monitor to go to sleep after a few hours which might save it. Control panel/power and from there you can set it to however long you need it to be.

I've given that a try, and really hope it works. The last thing I want is a dead monitor.

Thank you :)

Bah, that sucks! Computer problems are so stressing. My monitor died once, but it went out with a bang, so can't help you there! Fingers crossed there'll be no bangs though.

Thankfully mine went out with a whimper not a bang. Still, I miss it :(

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