Re: OT : Monitor dying?
On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 12:11:38PM -0400, iehrenwald@earthlink.net wrote:
> In the past week, the picture on my monitor has gotten progressively
> lighter and lighter. I haven't touched the contrast or brightness
> wheels. I checked all the connections to and from the tower and
> monitor. Even opened up the tower and re-seated the video card. No
> luck. The only thing that has changed is [drumroll] the weather. It's
> extremely humid and has been for about a week, coinciding with when the
> monitor started having it's problems. Is it possible that humidity can
> make a monitor display the picture much lighter than normal? If so, does
> this cause permanent damage? Right now it's like I'm looking at the
> screen through heavy fog.
Turn it off before it starts to emit smoke, or blows the main fuses.
Get a new one or have it looked at by a professional an repaired if
necessary.
Cheers,
Joost
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