RE: computer dead; help!
I've had a monitor die on me,
it was after years of distinguished service our family, we knew its time was
getting short, purple haze filled its once bright display, random
inexplicable color shifts. then one day -nothing. it was gone. <snif> then i
went out bought a honkin 17" wonder and a raging video card. happy days are
here again.
seriously it had some bad insides then it went out one day.
I feel your loss,
mw.
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Perrin [mailto:clists@perrin.socsci.unc.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 9:08 AM
To: Nori Heikkinen
Cc: debian-user
Subject: Re: computer dead; help!
On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, Nori Heikkinen wrote:
> has anyone had a monitor just up and die on them before? did anything
> trigger it, do you think, or was it just random?
Yes, I have. And it was even at Swarthmore! 'Course back then it was an
IBM green-screen monitor connected to my XT compatible. I replaced it with
the hot thing then: a 14" monitor that could do 800x600!
But yes - monitors do just up and die, often because some simple component
inside (e.g., capacitor, potentiometer) overheats.
I feel your pain. Happy Thanksgiving!
Andy
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