The ERA (ERA.ca) usually has good deals on monitors - give them a ring! -Dafydd
On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 12:12 AM, Ralph Boland <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > -- http://dafyddcrosby.com - my programming blog http://lonesomecosmonaut.com - my fun blog
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