my monitor is dying
everything is blurry... i re-installed the drivers, and degaussed it. it sort of comes and goes, the screen is as clear as ever some times but sothers i cant even read anything.
so it is either my monitor or my eyes...
anyone can do any amount of work provided it isnt the work they are supposed to be doing.
zollet posted this at 04:26 — 15th November 2002.
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Time to buy a new monitor... These days you can get a 19" for $150-$200.
mairving posted this at 10:56 — 15th November 2002.
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Hopefully it's your monitor. Eyes are not quite so easy to replace. You could borrow a monitor to test it but given the symptoms, it sounds like it is the monitor.
Mark Irving
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jammin posted this at 15:52 — 15th November 2002.
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i dont want to get a new monitor... mine is a 19" that i just bought not even 3 months ago.
mairving posted this at 16:19 — 15th November 2002.
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You might also check the connection to the video card. Some times they can get slightly unseated.
Suzanne posted this at 17:09 — 15th November 2002.
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And if it's only 3 months old, it's still under warranty. Most monitor warranties are 2 years (at least, the ones I've had). Even at 90 days, you could squeak in if you need to get it fixed.
For the record -- I had two monitors die the same death, which was they got progressively darker until I couldn't see anything on the screen. They were the same type and brand of monitor, and it was a known problem (to them, not to me or I wouldn't have bought the original!).
Mark Hensler posted this at 17:18 — 15th November 2002.
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Does your monitor make any high pitched sounds?
Abhishek Reddy posted this at 18:29 — 15th November 2002.
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What if it does, Mark? My monitor sqeals a bit when degaussing/refreshing/switching resolutions. Is that a bad thing?
mairving posted this at 18:56 — 15th November 2002.
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Funny but once I had a girl that had similar problems with her monitor. The fix was to remove the oscillating fan from the top of her monitor. With the magnet in the fan, it would make the screen oscillate.
Mark Irving
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Mark Hensler posted this at 21:06 — 15th November 2002.
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If the monitor has a consistent high pitch sound, it could be that the transformer in the monitor is arching. Which means that it will eventually fail.
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zollet posted this at 22:21 — 15th November 2002.
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If you're looking for quality yet cheap monitors, put your money on Hansol. In total I think I've owned 3-4 Hansols and they all have been great. I actually bought one today for my parents with their new computer (they were using a Celeron 300a, the computer made funny noises and it took about 3 minutes to load IE
so it was time to upgrade)
jammin posted this at 22:57 — 15th November 2002.
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dont know what the problem was exactly, but it is gone now.
i at least know my eye-sight isnt going... i wasnt the only one who saw the monitor going fuzzy
anyone can do any amount of work provided it isnt the work they are supposed to be doing.
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