Help! My monitor is screwed up

Post #17,174 by cwbrenn 11/7/01 3:01:43 PM Reply	Help! My monitor is screwed up I came home from work yesterday to find that the display on my monitor is hosed... it looks like someone has taken the bottom half of the screen and started mixing up all the pixels -- like there's constant radio interference or something, I really don't know how to explain it properly. :( Is this the kind of thing that can be fixed, or does it mean my monitor is dead, dead, dead? "We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?" - Edward Young
Post #17,181 by Another Scott 11/7/01 3:15:45 PM Reply	Try a different mode if you can. I'd suspect the monitor or video card is hosed though. If it can't display VGA text or 640x480 properly, you'll likely need to visit your friendly retail establishment. I hope it's something simple. Cheers, Scott.
Post #17,183 by cwbrenn 11/7/01 3:17:26 PM Reply	Alack it has the same problem when it's booting and showing all the bios bootstrap stuff... so it's a problem well beyond video modes. sigh Oh well. Gotta have a monitor. "We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?" - Edward Young
Post #17,186 by Another Scott 11/7/01 3:22:23 PM Reply	Tis a good time to buy. Monitors are pretty cheap! :-)
Post #17,194 by Silverlock 11/7/01 3:59:57 PM Reply	No kidding 19 inch monitor < $200. [link\|http://www.us.buy.com/retail/computers/category.asp?loc=215\|[link\|http://www.us.buy.com/retail/computers/category.asp?loc=215\|http://www.us.buy.c....asp?loc=215]] Don Richards, Proud recipient of the ABBA.
Post #17,235 by Ashton 11/7/01 7:07:14 PM Reply	Migawd! pretty sure it's same mfg. as my Korean (rebranded 'Power Computing') 17" as has been superb for ~ 3 years. HTF can they make enough to eat - at $200? Yep, it is - but they've dropped ref. to my 78i Model, since I bookmarked it. [link\|http://www.lgeus.com/\|LGEUS] Anyway - if they are meeting same standards [?] I'd recommend it, though seeing is better, with monitors.. Almost enough to cause me to think I 'need' More Space. Nahhh. It'll pass. Shipping on 60#.. A.
Post #17,304 by Silverlock 11/8/01 9:35:28 AM Reply	I think that Buy.com has free shipping. Course there might be an upper limit on weight for that. Don Richards, recipient of the ABBA.
Post #17,229 by Ashton 11/7/01 6:47:37 PM Reply	Before shopping: Can you try it on another machine - even laptop? Got a spare video card of any sort: at 640-480 a dead cockroach with a flashlight battery'd almost work. ie - the card is suspect until it isn't, and for the problem to be on one half - sounds much more like the card losing some VRAM or what decodes to that, than what the e- stuff in the monitor might do. Luck, Ashton
Post #17,243 by cwbrenn 11/7/01 7:42:54 PM Reply	Alas, no I've tried it on three different machines. Same thing. "We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?" - Edward Young
Post #17,266 by boxley 11/7/01 9:25:23 PM Reply	sounds like the gun is shot call around and see if there is a monitor repair place. Used to have a place in Anchorage that would charge 20 to tell you the problem and usually fix it for less than 60 if it wasnt the tube. thanx, bill tshirt front "born to die before I get old" thshirt back "fscked another one didnja?"
Post #17,267 by a6l6e6x 11/7/01 9:49:54 PM Reply	Nah. Monitors are too cheap, nowadays. Besides, the new ones have longer warrantees. Alex Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. -- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
Post #17,356 by inthane-chan 11/8/01 2:03:10 PM Reply	Whatever you don't do... ...don't get MAG Innovision or CTX as replacements. I've owned monitors from both companies. Both needed massive repairs. "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Post #17,369 by drewk 11/8/01 3:09:42 PM Reply	Interesting cooincidence Whatever you don't do... don't get MAG Innovision or CTX as replacements. Hmm, now what were the names of the two brands we used to get at the law firm I worked at. Let's see now, I believe they were ... MAG Innovision and CTX! We have to fight the terrorists as if there were no rules and preserve our open society as if there were no terrorists. -- [link\|http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/05/opinion/BIO-FRIEDMAN.html\|Thomas Friedman]
Post #17,376 by wharris2 11/8/01 3:44:56 PM Reply	Wasn't there another MAG brand a few years ago? I think Gateway used to ship systems with them - of course it may very well be the same company, the MAG I had from them died on me. "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it." -- Donald Knuth
Post #17,416 by static 11/8/01 8:20:06 PM Reply	My Gateway 17" monitor is MAG something or other. Never missed a beat. It's also been carted around a bit for various NetDays. Until I bought a newer Dell 17", it's been the best monitor I've ever had. Still going strong, too. Wade. "All around me are nothing but fakes Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
Post #17,387 by cwbrenn 11/8/01 4:13:35 PM Reply	Went to CompUSA, bought 19" monitor, $230.00 I was going to settle for a 17", but those were $190. Forking over another $40 seemed reasonable. Of course, I would rather have not had to spend the money at all, but I really do need a computer with a big screen to do Help Desk and Kernel Panic comfortably... "We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?" - Edward Young
Post #17,388 by bepatient 11/8/01 4:18:13 PM Reply	You will enjoy the real estate.. ...I know I do. GOt a 19'' when they went sub-400...lucky timing really...because the 17 inch I was using blew up. You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! _{Laurie Anderson} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #17,389 by Silverlock 11/8/01 4:31:05 PM Reply	I guess I'll have to break down the cement wall... behind which I keep my wallet. A sensitive beast that cries and often bleeds when asked to fork over some cash. I'm using a 13 inch Compaq monitor (that I got from work, they were going to throw it out) if that gives you any idea on how often I upgrade. :-) If I pinched those pennies any harder I'd be arrested for cruelty to coins. Don Richards, recipient of the ABBA.
Post #17,394 by bepatient 11/8/01 4:50:28 PM Reply	Oh dear... I'd need better glasses. You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! _{Laurie Anderson} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #17,396 by Silverlock 11/8/01 4:57:13 PM Reply	Ah, that's why I had to get the new prescription! A new monitor would have been cheaper. [slaps forehead] How to mangle the truth; Have it reported by any major U.S. media outlet.
Post #17,442 by n3jja 11/8/01 11:54:28 PM Reply	Been spoiled by an 15 inch LCD Doubt that I will go back to standard CRT technology at this point. This 15-inch LCD gives me the same viewable area as my 3+ year old 17-inch Dell monitor, while taking up about 75% less room. Not to mention the fact that it draws a hell of a lot less power and operates at a much cooler temperature. Now, if they would only get the 17-inch LCDs down below $500......
Post #17,659 by tonytib 11/10/01 1:29:18 AM Reply	Well, I just bought a 17" LCD for $500 although it was from Dell: Planar 17.4", 1280x1024, black, speakers, analog interface, list price $600 - 20% off and free shipping + tax = just over $500. I'm extremely happy with it; it's better quality than the $600 17" LCD's at Fry's. It's bright, crisp, very readable at 1280x1024, scales pretty well to other resolutions, and is MUCH, MUCH nicer than my four year old IBM 17" CRT. I'm recommending at work that we use the touchscreen version ($1200 - $1300) for our machines -- it's cheaper than the last 15" LCD touchscreen we bought and a lot nicer. Tony
Post #17,678 by a6l6e6x 11/10/01 12:37:30 PM Reply	But, but, it's a Dell!!! Forgot the boycott? :) Alex Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. -- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
Post #18,224 by bconnors 11/14/01 9:40:57 AM Reply	To quote from the movie "Highlander": "In the end, there can be only one". With the way the PC market is going, it looks like Dell will be the only major assembler left standing when it comes to purchasing personal machines. Since America is an "economic democracy" (as compared to a republic form of government), consumers vote with their dollars, and Dell just keeps raking in the cash. Like Wal-Mart, they sell for less than the competition, which keeps customers coming back for repeat sales. Personally, the best customer support I ever got came from Gateway back in 1996. When I used Dell's support 2 years ago, I had to threaten the dcrone with the fact that I was an employee and could track him down to get him to perform his duties better. BConnors "Prepare for metamorphosis. Ready, Kafka?"
Post #18,361 by orion 11/14/01 9:17:34 PM Reply	The Quickening starts already. Is Compaq going to take over HP? What about IBM? That sleeping giant? Gateway seems to do fine. Will someone buy out the eMachines company already? :) It is Packard Bell reincarnated. :) It will most likely be a battle between IBM and Dell in the long run. Then IBM buys out Dell. ;) *Picking up the pieces of my broken life.*
Post #18,383 by static 11/15/01 1:38:17 AM Reply	Gateway is not that healthy. They've pulled out of Australia, for instance. Wade. "All around me are nothing but fakes Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
Post #18,382 by tonytib 11/15/01 1:27:34 AM Reply	Well, Dell won't be raking in the cash if Intel can't make the chips...referring to Intel's big problems with delivering 2 GHz P4's. That's the problem with Dell's "Intel's premier distributor" approach -- if Intel screws up, Dell is screwed -- or will have to move quickly. I'm not sure how much Dell matters anyway. I'd bet that "white box" has a higher market share than Dell. And, in general, I think we're moving away from PC's to networked, embedded computing devices. That's the way I'm thinking, and even the conservative world of factory automation is moving towards networked stuff -- we're just doing a job using an Ethernet-based Galil motion controller, instead of a plug-in PC board. Tony
Post #17,764 by orion 11/11/01 2:55:50 PM Reply	If you cannot afford much, buy used. It sounds like your monitor is about to go to Monitor Heaven. Get another one. If you cannot afford new, try used. [link\|http://www.pconramp.com\|PC Onramp/Executive Personal Computers] usually has a sale on used monitors. They are near where I live, and seem to have good prices on used computer parts. Good luck! *Picking up the pieces of my broken life.*
Post #19,321 by wharris2 11/25/01 9:49:47 AM Reply	Agh, you fool! Now you may have jynxed my monitor. I've always had decent luck with Sony monitors, but after you started yackking about the problems with your monitor, I'm getting some shakiness with mine. Some flickering when I restore the display from my screen saver (not as if it looks like it will be saving much if this continues). ARgh! "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it." -- Donald Knuth

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