Hi All! Does anyone have a 14" Philips Brilliance 1410 monitor? I need the specifications for it. I've looked on the 'net and can find only the 15" and 17" specs. I don't think that I should use that. Also a general question... I was given this monitor. The guy who had it dropped it and cracked the case. On the front upper right corner is a 2mm by 10mm crack. The monitor itself works fine, but should I worry about radiation? If so, what can I do? Thanks! Jim Hatridge hatridge@straubing.baynet.de Proud Linux User #88484 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jim's Beowulf Project Looking for giveaway computers and parts I need it all! Email Jim for details on how you can help build a poor man's super computer. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
James (Jim) Hatridge wrote:
Hi All!
Does anyone have a 14" Philips Brilliance 1410 monitor? I need the specifications for it. I've looked on the 'net and can find only the 15" and 17" specs. I don't think that I should use that.
You can try it. Don't try it much - I fried a monitor when I first dot into Linux. It took Computer City three months to fix it (a warranty job). I've found the CTX VL710 works for almost any monitor. If not, then I adjust the horizontal sync. It's been a few months since I've done it I can't remember the range - I think around 50.
Also a general question... I was given this monitor. The guy who had it dropped it and cracked the case. On the front upper right corner is a 2mm by 10mm crack. The monitor itself works fine, but should I worry about radiation? If so, what can I do?
From what I've read, most of the radiation (electro-magnetic) comes out
No. cted.inel.gov/cted/rfhtm/gtbsgch2.htm. There is plenty of information on the Internet, but you have to know what to look for. I do, and it still took me an hour to find references for what I learned in school, long ago. <radiation lesson> The gamma 1/10th thickness (that amount of shielding required to reduce the radiation to 1/10th of its original strength) for plastic is very high. It is 2" for lead, 4" for steel, and 24" for water. (I always laugh at the X-ray techs when they put the 1/4" lead blanket on me "to protect me from the radiation". Let's do the math: 1/4" is 1/8 of a 1/10th thickness, so using rough math, it reduces the radiation about 10%. Ok - I believe it helps me. Right. I wore my radiation monitoring device into an X-ray room once (by accident) BEFORE they started using the lead blankets, and it did not register any additional radiation.) Getting back to radiation fundamentals . . . There is a substance called "poly" which is a special plastic. Its 1/10 thickness is also 24" and a special version of poly that is Boron impregnated has a gamma 1/10th thickness of 24" and a neutron 1/10th thickness of 10" (due to the high collision cross-section of the Boron for neutrons). This is called Borated Poly. If the plastic case is made of Poly (doubtful as Poly is pretty expensive), and it is 1/4" thick, which is 1/96 of one 1/10th thickness, which is negligible. the side of the monitor anyway. My biggest concern would be getting shocked if you sprayed the monitor with a spray cleaner. Fill the hole with some epoxy and tape it up until the epoxy sets. Shave off the epoxy that squirts out. -- George Toft http://www.georgetoft.com -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
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