monitor death

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at least i hope not anyway. i was installing avideo card into my system, and
as the driver was loading mymonitor sreen went black with a band of light
horizontally across the middle of the screen. i shut my system, rebooted it
with no improvement for the monitor. i figured it was mt old motherboard
(1999 Asuus). but when i borrowed a friends millenium age system and
connected my monitor to it, still the same depressing result . the monitor
was only 4 years, but i think the motherboard should be fine, and if it able
to accept newer a processor, say 1992 Pentium III, it supports a pentium II
at this time. oh, yeah the reason i am coresponding is it likely a better
idea to forgo any repairs of the old monitor and purchase one via eB,
classifieds, online,with the help of friends. i suppose i get a knew one but
the cost of a new monitor is more then the price for a wicked ultimare speed
and size capable mother board.any suggestions, help, and pure fanasty will be
indulged. THANK YOU
 
What type of assistance are you requesting?

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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"gakman" rambled:

| at least i hope not anyway. i was installing avideo card into my system, and
| as the driver was loading mymonitor sreen went black with a band of light
| horizontally across the middle of the screen. i shut my system, rebooted it
| with no improvement for the monitor. i figured it was mt old motherboard
| (1999 Asuus). but when i borrowed a friends millenium age system and
| connected my monitor to it, still the same depressing result . the monitor
| was only 4 years, but i think the motherboard should be fine, and if it able
| to accept newer a processor, say 1992 Pentium III, it supports a pentium II
| at this time. oh, yeah the reason i am coresponding is it likely a better
| idea to forgo any repairs of the old monitor and purchase one via eB,
| classifieds, online,with the help of friends. i suppose i get a knew one but
| the cost of a new monitor is more then the price for a wicked ultimare speed
| and size capable mother board.any suggestions, help, and pure fanasty will be
| indulged. THANK YOU
 
the assistance i am seeking is any response by someone who has had this
problemn with their monitor previosly and discovered it was only a fuse, a
reset button inside the monitor that needed resoeting or any possible rememdy
to the black screen with athin line, about4 mm, of flickering light across
the monitror screen. i will eventually begin to dismantle the monitor for
curiousitys sake. so if i could find a solution before it becomes beyond hope
is the assistance required
 
One should not attempt to open a monitor and try to repair it.
There is nothing you can do to fix it. Its time to consider
purchasing a replacement.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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| the assistance i am seeking is any response by someone who has had this
| problemn with their monitor previosly and discovered it was only a fuse, a
| reset button inside the monitor that needed resoeting or any possible rememdy
| to the black screen with athin line, about4 mm, of flickering light across
| the monitror screen. i will eventually begin to dismantle the monitor for
| curiousitys sake. so if i could find a solution before it becomes beyond hope
| is the assistance required
 
thanks for the advice Carey, i know about the shock hazard, and have opened
televisions before. the warning is mostly a scare tactic, and eliminates the
possibility of any legal action from a consumer towards the manufacturer of
the product, and of course any electronics repair personnel would say the
same. leads to more business for the repair sector. also no retail
electronics establishment would suggest opening either a monitor or tv for
fear of legal action if someone sustained injury.
 
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thanks for the advice Carey, i know about the shock hazard, and have opened
televisions before. the warning is mostly a scare tactic, and eliminates the
possibility of any legal action from a consumer towards the manufacturer of
the product, and of course any electronics repair personnel would say the
same. leads to more business for the repair sector. also no retail
electronics establishment would suggest opening either a monitor or tv for
fear of legal action if someone sustained injury.
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What a moron. Go fishing around the high voltage in a CRT
TV or monitor without discharging it first and you may
not have to worry about the monitor or suing anyone.
 
You have lost your vertical sweep, which could be one of several transistors
or IC's or even the yoke and unless you can diagnose and repair it, then it
is time to shoot it to the dumpster. And it will be no fuse + service manual
can run up to $50.00 bucks, a good down payment on a new monitor. Later on.
 
hey Wil you must be a moron to think anyone, well by the sounds of it you
react without thinking so your probaly capable of some similiar misguided
act. did i at all mention not discharging the monitor, only people who enjoy
the surge of electricity through their body would even consider attempting
such a feat. your probaly one of those rip off electronic techs who charge
unknowly people $200 to change a blown fuse in their component
 
thanks Nick finally some good advice, with an explanation that makes some
sense. i'll follow your advice and start the search for a new monitor, and
please Wil, lets not start passes insults back and forth, obiviously you just
make mis guided assumption about people or only absorb what ever suits your
purposes . THANKS EVERYONE FOR ATTEMPTING TO POINT ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
 
This is not intended as an insult I have WORKED in electronics for more than
40 years,I am retired now, and for anybody who does not know what they are
doing should never get into electronic gear, it can hurt you very seriously
or even kill you. So unless you get some training I suggest you keep your
hands out.
 
hey Wil you must be a moron to think anyone, well by the sounds of it you
react without thinking so your probaly capable of some similiar misguided
act. did i at all mention not discharging the monitor, only people who enjoy
the surge of electricity through their body would even consider attempting
such a feat. your probaly one of those rip off electronic techs who charge
unknowly people $200 to change a blown fuse in their component
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"Wislu Plethora" is a vindictive bitch, and pops up here and there, and
answers just about everyone this way, even here in this newsgroup that
obviously will have posts from new users and people unfamiliar with
computers in general. Just use your Reader's kill switch if you have
one. in fact I haven't done that, and I'll do it right now..

As far as your monitor, it sure sounds like to me that it went bad. I
might be wrong though - have you hooked up another monitor and tried it?

New 17 inch flat faced CRT monitor can be had for like $70, usually after
a rebate, if you look. The brand Envision comes to mind. I have one and
it works fine. Used monitors are a good deal too. Yours is the first
I've heard of in a year that has blown out that way.. But I am sure it
happens. - I had one way back when that was such old tech that it got hot
in the back. My cat used to love to lay on it because of this,. but I
think she was responsible for blowing something out in it because the heat
couldn't get out with her on top of it.
...D.
 
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