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[turps]

For the last few weeks my monitor kept going to sleep mode while I was online, sometimes with a display saying there was no signal. I googled it and it said it could be a few things, including the actual monitor itself. So we put a want on freecycle and today got another monitor. It didn't help, in fact, installing it has seemed to make the problem worse as I've no display at all now.

I'm on Corey's computer at the moment, and believe me, I'm glad I've got access at all, but my stuff is on mine. The newsletter is locked in my thunderbird drafts over there, my shows I was going to watch.

So, my question is. Googling suggests the video card may have gone. Is that an easy fix that we could do ourselves? Or is it a shop job? Or if you have any insights about why this is happening I'd love to hear them.