About 2 weeks ago I FINALLY got my computer to run using two 17 in monitors. I had to switch to Debian, try many graphics cards and a lot of experimentation but in the end it was easy with the right graphics card. Turns out Internet use and a number of applications are noticeably faster with the external graphics card. More importantly two monitors gives me 1024 x 2560 pixels and its great. Well, until today.
Today one monitor screen went black, I assume because the ccfl bulb went. I phoned the sharp service center for Calgary and they said it cost $50 to tell me what is wrong plus the cost of fixing it plus they have no bulbs. I searched the Internet and I can get a repair kit for $30-$40 U.S. It comes with 4 bulbs. My first bulb lasted 8.5 yrs so I guess I would be good for another 34 yrs. I tried to take the monitor apart to look at the bulb but no such luck. It must be glued or something because I took out all the screws. I don't see that I'm going to get it to work so its free to anyone who believes they can get it running (it cost $600 new and was working fine until yesterday). Meanwhile I will check Kijiji and elsewhere to see if I can dig up a 17 in monitor on the cheap. If anyone has one not in use but in good working order let me know how much you want for it. For the record I am using Debian Squeeze 6.06 with a Radeon HD 5450 graphics card with 1 Gig of memory which cost $40 at Memory Express. It has one VGA, one DVA, and one HDMI port and is supposed to support 3 monitors. I expect the card would also work with Ubuntu or other Debian based versions of Linux. Likely non Debian versions work as well. Ralph Boland -- It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows. -- Epictetus _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
