So my damn.....

ATeamDan · 23rd Nov 2001, 11:51 AM

monitor crapped out on me last night.....i just got GTA2 (god i love that game) and went to play it, and shabam...all of a sudden it was as if no power was going to my monitor...check all the external plugs with no avail...so now im back to using my 15 inch gateway vivitron......does anyone ahve any suggestions on why this happened.

/\l!eN[RIP] · 23rd Nov 2001, 12:07 PM

i'm no Harry Potter you know, I can't 'see' things...

St0rmcaller · 23rd Nov 2001, 12:57 PM

How proficient in electronics are you? It wasn't the game, that's for sure. It was probably just its time to go.

When you first plug in the monitor, do you hear a slight whining noise?

23rd Nov 2001, 01:49 PM

Is this a tech tread? If so small question: Why does all the Red storm games(they give me BSoDs every 2 sec) hate my soundcard(some odd Aureal "sonic impact"thing) anyone has a good idea?

ATeamDan · 23rd Nov 2001, 02:02 PM

no it was'nt the game..and it was a new monitor....but alls good we are getting a new one tomorrow from dell...so oh well.

GenoOfTheCrayon · 23rd Nov 2001, 02:15 PM

Glad to see you letting go so well! My monitor died last month. I still keep its ashes in the computer room

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Kibbles-N-Bits · 23rd Nov 2001, 02:43 PM

I had mine stuffed and set on my mantle.

Mr. HotDog · 23rd Nov 2001, 03:30 PM

You didn't buy GTA 2 by any chance, did you?

ATeamDan · 23rd Nov 2001, 03:49 PM

ummmm no...why?

NTKB · 23rd Nov 2001, 04:19 PM

WARNING FROM AN A+ TECHNICIAN!: NEVER EVER EVER OPEN A MONITORS CASE AND TOUCH ANYTHING INSIDE. YOU CAN AND WILL DIE FROM ANY SHOCK YOU RECIEVE! DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FIX BY YOURSELF! just for people who encounter this in the future...

Dupre · 26th Nov 2001, 11:27 AM

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Originally posted by -=SDS=-ATeamDan
no it was'nt the game..and it was a new monitor....but alls good we are getting a new one tomorrow from dell...so oh well.

Yeah. Things electronic sometimes just blow even when new. Good thing about warranties, I suppose. I had a new Toshiba multi-tray DVD player blow on me the first time I switched it on. Took it back to Best Buy the next day and got a new one pronto!

ThunderChunky · 26th Nov 2001, 11:32 AM

Same thing happened to me, probably doing the same thing. Was it per chance switching resolutions, and then just didn't switch back?

Couldn't figure out how to fix the damn thing, so it just got replaced.

Bad idea to open stuff like this and your TV up. Yay capacitance.

JonnyBoyDT · 26th Nov 2001, 09:09 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by -=SDS=-ATeamDan
no it was'nt the game..and it was a new monitor....but alls good we are getting a new one tomorrow from dell...so oh well.

doesn't suprise me

23rd Nov 2001, 11:51 AM	#1
ATeamDan Music Man Join Date: Aug. 1st, 2000 Posts: 353	So my damn..... monitor crapped out on me last night.....i just got GTA2 (god i love that game) and went to play it, and shabam...all of a sudden it was as if no power was going to my monitor...check all the external plugs with no avail...so now im back to using my 15 inch gateway vivitron......does anyone ahve any suggestions on why this happened. __________________

23rd Nov 2001, 12:07 PM	#2
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23rd Nov 2001, 12:57 PM	#3
St0rmcaller [AFA]'s unoffical godfather Join Date: Apr. 4th, 2001 Location: United States of America Posts: 1,690	How proficient in electronics are you? It wasn't the game, that's for sure. It was probably just its time to go. When you first plug in the monitor, do you hear a slight whining noise? __________________ AFA Message Board "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."-Ben Franklin -To believe in the life of Love, to walk in the way of Honor, and to serve in the light of Truth... -When the soldier gets to Heaven, to St. Peter he will tell, "One more soldier reporting, sir. I've served my time in Hell."

23rd Nov 2001, 02:02 PM	#5
ATeamDan Music Man Join Date: Aug. 1st, 2000 Posts: 353	no it was'nt the game..and it was a new monitor....but alls good we are getting a new one tomorrow from dell...so oh well. __________________

23rd Nov 2001, 02:15 PM	#6
GenoOfTheCrayon l33t 14 year old with an iron sight RC50 Join Date: Sep. 30th, 2001 Location: Middleof Nowhere Posts: 936	Glad to see you letting go so well! My monitor died last month. I still keep its ashes in the computer room . __________________ Morp.

23rd Nov 2001, 01:49 PM	#4
"Sp!ke" Guest Posts: n/a	Is this a tech tread? If so small question: Why does all the Red storm games(they give me BSoDs every 2 sec) hate my soundcard(some odd Aureal "sonic impact"thing) anyone has a good idea?

23rd Nov 2001, 02:43 PM	#7
Kibbles-N-Bits Registered User Join Date: Dec. 7th, 1999 Posts: 3,403	I had mine stuffed and set on my mantle.

23rd Nov 2001, 03:30 PM	#8
Mr. HotDog [Insert Text Here] Join Date: Apr. 2nd, 2001 Posts: 780	-=SDS=-ATeamDan You didn't buy GTA 2 by any chance, did you? __________________

23rd Nov 2001, 03:49 PM	#9
ATeamDan Music Man Join Date: Aug. 1st, 2000 Posts: 353	ummmm no...why? __________________

23rd Nov 2001, 04:19 PM	#10
NTKB Banned Join Date: Aug. 25th, 2001 Location: New Jersey, U.S.A. Posts: 2,858	WARNING FROM AN A+ TECHNICIAN!: NEVER EVER EVER OPEN A MONITORS CASE AND TOUCH ANYTHING INSIDE. YOU CAN AND WILL DIE FROM ANY SHOCK YOU RECIEVE! DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FIX BY YOURSELF! just for people who encounter this in the future... __________________ “I was dead for millions of years before I was born and it never inconvenienced me a bit.” -Mark Twain "Let your speech be better than silence, or be silent." -Dionysius of Halicarnassus

26th Nov 2001, 11:32 AM	#12
ThunderChunky L337 Cube H@X0® Join Date: Jul. 1st, 2000 Posts: 1,086	Same thing happened to me, probably doing the same thing. Was it per chance switching resolutions, and then just didn't switch back? Couldn't figure out how to fix the damn thing, so it just got replaced. Bad idea to open stuff like this and your TV up. Yay capacitance.

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