Fooey! (computer)

phatch · #1 08-02-2007, 12:14 PM

My monitor just fritzed. Looks like it's time for a new one. My monitor was a 10 year old 17" CRT. Archaic, yes, but it wouldn't die so I couldn't justify replacing it. It's not technically dead now either. It just made a clicking noise and now everything is hourglass shaped and the desktop stretches beyond the screen. And the controls won't bring it back in shape.

That's dead enough for a new one. And a new one I shall get. I'm eyeing this beast:

Newegg.com - SAMSUNG 206BW Black 20" 2 ms (GTG) DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 800:1 (DCR 3000:1) - Retail

Phil

deltadoc · #2 08-02-2007, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by phatch

My monitor just fritzed. Looks like it's time for a new one. My monitor was a 10 year old 17" CRT. Archaic, yes, but it wouldn't die so I couldn't justify replacing it. It's not technically dead now either. It just made a clicking noise and now everything is hourglass shaped and the desktop stretches beyond the screen. And the controls won't bring it back in shape.

Did you try turning it completely off, unplug it from the wall, wait 10 seconds, replug it in and reboot. Same thing happened to me, and that was all I had to do to get it back right again.

There was also a "degaussing" button, I think I had to push that after the reboot and that is when everything went back to right.

doc

phatch · #3 08-02-2007, 02:09 PM

Yes, I tried that. I've been getting some erratic localized shimmies for a about a week with it before this so it's not terribly surprising.

Phil

Headless Chicken · #4 08-04-2007, 10:57 PM

Wow, 10 years is a long time for a monitor. I have the Samsung 225bw 22" LCD widescreen and I totally love it. It makes a huge difference going from a CRT to an LCD and you'll say to yourself "how did I ever live with that clunker?"

Mezzaluna · #5 08-05-2007, 11:29 AM

I have a Samsung flat screen and LOVE it. It has PIP (picture in picture) and my husband hooked it up to our cable system, so I can keep an eye on CNN or other shows while I'm on the computer. Love it!!!

The only drawback is that our DLP HD television is also a Samsung, and occasionally when DH turns off the TV, my monitor grabs the signal and goes dark until I turn it on again.

phatch · #6 08-06-2007, 07:47 PM

It's sweet!

And I can do recto/verso page editing again as I could in the days at a Unix job with 21 inch CRTs many moons ago. Hooray!

Phil