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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: jensen1 on October 19, 2005, 09:51:19 PM

Title: monitor issues. smell of smoke.
Post by: jensen1 on October 19, 2005, 09:51:19 PM

okay, i have a 19inch TTX monitor that was working perfectly earlier. I brought the resolution up to 1152x864, and it worked perfectly. It was at 75 Hertz, and i'm running on a Matrox Millenium G450 16MB. okay, so here comes my dilemnma. I go get a stick of 256MB ram, and put it in. It's not the same as my other ram, and doesn't fit the same into the slot, but i get it to fit comfortably. So i try turning on my computer, and i smell a little smell of burning. Now my monitor does not work, at all. It just sits there, black, and the light blinks, and it makes a ticking noise. I have to use my old crappy monitor, because that one's not working

HELP!!!!!!!!!!!

Title: Re: monitor issues. smell of smoke.
Post by: GX1_Man on October 20, 2005, 04:37:14 AM

If it suddenly starts not working and smells of smoke I would plan on a new one. That is a bad symptom!!!! Please keep a fire extingusher handy.

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Title: Re: monitor issues. smell of smoke.
Post by: Flame on October 20, 2005, 01:41:14 PM

Smalling smoke, along with heraing a sort of "buzzing" sound indicates that you have "fried" your monitor, and need a new one... Tell me... Was this monitor always on? How often was the screensaver active?

EDIT: Also, please see my PM.  ;)

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Title: Re: monitor issues. smell of smoke.
Post by: pcdoc4christ on October 20, 2005, 05:53:55 PM

Flame and GX1 are right.

BTW: This is a duplicate post:

http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=3;action=display;num=1129780323

Title: Re: monitor issues. smell of smoke.
Post by: Flame on October 20, 2005, 06:08:36 PM

To the Sin-Bin!

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Title: Re: monitor issues. smell of smoke.
Post by: GX1_Man on October 20, 2005, 06:48:10 PM

Isn't that reserved for triple posters, language mutilators and idiots?

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Title: Re: monitor issues. smell of smoke.
Post by: Flame on October 20, 2005, 06:49:14 PM

... I don't know lol  ask Fed... It's his bin lol

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Title: Re: monitor issues. smell of smoke.
Post by: GX1_Man on October 20, 2005, 06:56:01 PM

Community Bin. Ask Mac - he's in there!!!!!!

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