I once sat down in front of the pc just before going to the gym, and had on a cordless heart-rate monitor - y'know, the belt with electrodes around the chest and the wrist readout. Got within a couple of feet of the pc, and suddenly the heart monitor started beeping like crazy and said my rate was over 260 per minute! Was all the rf interference from the pc. Wierd.
-Ben > -----Original Message----- > From: Simon Horwith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 7:55 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: I hate Gateway.. > > > actually, if your cable modem is near your machine, it can putz-up > things...I ex[erienced that once. Anything with an > electomegnetic field can > effect a machine. > > ~Simon > > Simon Horwith > Macromedia Certified Instructor > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > Fig Leaf Software > 1400 16th St NW, # 500 > Washington DC 20036 > 202.797.6570 (direct line) > www.figleaf.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeffry Houser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 10:45 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: I hate Gateway.. > > > So, after 2 years and replacing 7 monitors, one video card, > re-formatting > the hard drive, one motherboard, three memory chips, two > CD-RW drives, and > one DVD Drive... the same monitor problem that I have been > having cropped > up again. ( It turns a purplish tint.. usually this means > that one of the > guns inside the monitor is not firing right. I have also had > it turn a > yellowish tint. This problem is intermittent ) > > I spoke to person one on Monday. The guy was on the ball > and knew what > he was talking about. "This just doesn't happen to 7 > monitors" and he > started drilling me about my environment "Do you have a radio > near your PC > / What about your speakers / A microwave / etc.. " and my > hardware/software "Do you have a scanner or digital camera / > Let's see if > we can get the problem to happen in safe mode." > We came to the conclusion that if I could not get the > problem to happen > in safe mode, then it must be a software issue somewhere. The only > potential environmental flaw is that I'm in a Condo, and the > monitor is > located against the wall of a neighboring unit. Do they have > a microwave > or stereo against the same wall? Possibly; it is not > uncommon for my room > to be thuddin' to the bass from there stereo. > > After an hour of playing solitaire in safe mode without > being able to > reproduce the purplish tint, I re-start normally. Things are > fine for a > few hours and the problem starts happening again. I reboot > in safe mode > and the problem starts occurring there. Since I have > successfully seen > the problem in safe mode, I call back (Monday call number > two) and speak to > a different rep. Not as bright as the first guy, but not so bad. We > discuss moving the computer and plugging it into a different > circuit to see > if that has an affect. > > I move the computer today (Thursday) and it has no affect (As I > expected). So, I call back and speak to a guy. I was > cursing a lot when I > got off the phone--unusually for me. He tells me that it is > a video card > issue and he is going to send me a new video card. "What > makes you think > it is the video card" and he says "Because I have been doing > this for three > and a half years." > After some conversation where I say things like "The last > time the video > card was replaced it had no affect on the problem" and "If this is a > software issue, why would replacing the monitor fix it for 3-6 > months. Wouldn't the problem always be there?" he finally > tells me that > the problem might be my cable modem. > "Why would the cable modem affect the video" asks Jeffry > "Because your internet connection is always on and it is > always writing > to the hard drive and it corrupts all your files." says Gateway Tech > Huh? I never heard that before, and I think it's the most > ludricious > thing I ever heard of. > How is being connected to the internet any different than > being connected > to a LAN? ( You just use a different protocol ) There should only be > writing to the hard drive if someone is accessing it or you > are accessing > stuff out there that is being brought local. : grumbles, grumbles: > > So, now I've plugged in my 'backup monitor' and am working > fine w/o any > video problems. This has happened so much that I bought a > backup monitor > just in case. > > > > -- > Jeffry Houser | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > AIM: Reboog711 | ICQ: 5246969 | Fax / Phone: 860-223-7946 > -- > Need a Web Developer? Contact me! > My Book: Instant ColdFusion 5 | http://www.instantcoldfusion.com > My New Book: ColdFusion: A Beginner's Guide February 2002 > -- > Far Cry Fly, Alternative Folk Rock > http://www.farcryfly.com | http://www.mp3.com/FarCryFly > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
