Hi "hardware gurus", It seems that my monitor has gone bad... anyone with such unpleasant experiences out there? Here's the symptoms: 1) horizontal bands; darker where the opened windows are dark and lighter where they are light. 2) Boot into Windows, same symptoms. 3) Changing settings didn't help. 4) Rebooting neither, nor shuting down for hours. Could it be my video card? I wish... it would be cheaper! Thanks in advance, Alvaro Novo SuSE 7.1 Pro -=- Kernel 2.4.7-4GB -=- KDE 2.2 10:08pm up 31 min, 2 users, load average: 0.24, 0.13, 0.04
On Saturday 01 September 2001 3:13 am, Álvaro A. Novo wrote:
Hi "hardware gurus",
It seems that my monitor has gone bad... anyone with such unpleasant experiences out there? Here's the symptoms:
1) horizontal bands; darker where the opened windows are dark and lighter where they are light.
2) Boot into Windows, same symptoms.
3) Changing settings didn't help.
4) Rebooting neither, nor shuting down for hours.
Could it be my video card? I wish... it would be cheaper!
What's it like in a console (e.g. <Ctrl><Alt><F2>) or the BIOS screen? Check that the video card in seated correctly andd that the monitor lead is secure (make sure that there isn't a bent pin). Can you test with an alternative monitor? M
Before you give up, make sure your connections are OK. Sometimes strange symptoms occur with flaky connections. Good luck. --doug At 22:13 08/31/2001 -0500, Álvaro A. Novo wrote:
Hi "hardware gurus",
It seems that my monitor has gone bad... anyone with such unpleasant experiences out there? Here's the symptoms:
1) horizontal bands; darker where the opened windows are dark and lighter where they are light.
2) Boot into Windows, same symptoms.
3) Changing settings didn't help.
4) Rebooting neither, nor shuting down for hours.
Could it be my video card? I wish... it would be cheaper!
Thanks in advance,
Alvaro Novo
Hello, I had the same problem with my tnt2 untill i got some good cooling on in, but in your case I am not sure what to say, it might be the videocard.. but yeah check all of teh connectors and try a different monitor or video card. or it could be just that your monitor died and you can't do anything about it. --Roman On Sat, Sep 01, 2001, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Before you give up, make sure your connections are OK. Sometimes strange symptoms occur with flaky connections. Good luck. --doug
At 22:13 08/31/2001 -0500, Álvaro A. Novo wrote:
Hi "hardware gurus",
It seems that my monitor has gone bad... anyone with such unpleasant experiences out there? Here's the symptoms:
1) horizontal bands; darker where the opened windows are dark and lighter where they are light.
2) Boot into Windows, same symptoms.
3) Changing settings didn't help.
4) Rebooting neither, nor shuting down for hours.
Could it be my video card? I wish... it would be cheaper!
Thanks in advance,
Alvaro Novo
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sometimes as a monitor gets old you have to adjust the ferrite slug in the flyback transformer. monitors used to have an access hole in the back where you could insert an alignment tool (plastic screwdriver). now you have to take the case off. usually once this happens you can figure that your monitor is near the end of it's service life. good luck- larry Doug McGarrett wrote:
Before you give up, make sure your connections are OK. Sometimes strange symptoms occur with flaky connections. Good luck. --doug
At 22:13 08/31/2001 -0500, Álvaro A. Novo wrote:
Hi "hardware gurus",
It seems that my monitor has gone bad... anyone with such unpleasant experiences out there? Here's the symptoms:
1) horizontal bands; darker where the opened windows are dark and lighter where they are light.
2) Boot into Windows, same symptoms.
3) Changing settings didn't help.
4) Rebooting neither, nor shuting down for hours.
Could it be my video card? I wish... it would be cheaper!
Thanks in advance,
Alvaro Novo
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On Sunday 02 September 2001 4:39 pm, emanon wrote:
sometimes as a monitor gets old you have to adjust the ferrite slug in the flyback transformer. monitors used to have an access hole in the back where you could insert an alignment tool (plastic screwdriver). now you have to take the case off. usually once this happens you can figure that your monitor is near the end of it's service life.
Do this with *caution* since there are *very* high voltages present in a monitor/CRT even after the power has been disconnected for some time. If you don't know what you're doing don't attempt anything like this. M
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