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Monday, 6 August 2012 03:57 pm
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Twice on the weekend, my home PC monitor suddenly went into sleep mode and wouldn't wake up. Nothing I tried worked, so I settled for an emergency shutdown via the power button.
Both times, it happened right after I tried scrolling ahead in a YouTube video (a different video each time, and not a problem with videos I let play from the start). I could still get the audio just fine. I sure hope that's what triggered the blackout so I know to avoid it.
I suspect that it has something to do with a feature I added to Chrome and then (I thought) deleted because it was messing up my YouTube experience, albeit to a lesser degree. Either that or malware has circumvented my expensive defenses. I could resume using Firefox, but at home, that hasn't been able to show videos at all for a while.
My pattern has been a new PC every 4 years. This one is 3 years and 8 months old. Maybe I should stick with it just a little longer.
Both times, it happened right after I tried scrolling ahead in a YouTube video (a different video each time, and not a problem with videos I let play from the start). I could still get the audio just fine. I sure hope that's what triggered the blackout so I know to avoid it.
I suspect that it has something to do with a feature I added to Chrome and then (I thought) deleted because it was messing up my YouTube experience, albeit to a lesser degree. Either that or malware has circumvented my expensive defenses. I could resume using Firefox, but at home, that hasn't been able to show videos at all for a while.
My pattern has been a new PC every 4 years. This one is 3 years and 8 months old. Maybe I should stick with it just a little longer.