Re: [OT] LCD Display and earthquakes .....
On Sun, 2009-12-20 at 00:15 -0600, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote: About your monitor, I suspect what the earthquake might have done is flex some bit of hardware just right and cause it to rub through some micro-corrosion on an internal signal lead. You know, the same mechanism attributed to those reseated connector miracle repairs? I've seen some odd hardware behavior changes when a system is taken apart, moved, and reassembled. You wouldn't expect it to happen, but every once in a while it definitely DOES happen. I've seen plenty of them. Plug and socket connections have been the bane of servicemen since the invention of electronics. Printed circuit boards with an edge connector plugged into a socket seem to be the worst. Desktop computers marry the edge connection problem with PCI cards that are attached at one end to a different part of the chassis that might pull the card out of the socket. Very few have any sort of clamp to hold the cards into place from a position that does the job properly (e.g. top and centre, directly on the opposite side of the PCI slot), and the case is quite often flexible. Just picking them up and moving them around is enough to turn some computers into crash boxes. And the old Apple ][s were infamous for needing the ICs pushed back into their sockets periodically. /me pictures the original poster picking their screen up and shaking it around to refresh the display, like how you cleared the screen on the 1970s etch-a-sketch toys. -- [...@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: [OT] LCD Display and earthquakes .....
Hiisi very-c...@rambler.ru writes: 2009/12/20 Ed Greshko ed.gres...@greshko.com: This is OT...but wonder if anyone has experienced or see this before. My older Samsung SyncMaster 172t is hooked to a system I use mainly for running SlingPlayer. Part of the upper left quadrant had what could be called a smear patter or smudge pattern. It isn't from any type of burn in. But looked like what you see if you run fingers around on the screen...only permanent. It had been like this for a long time. Anyway, I didn't have the monitor turned on last night when Taiwan was hit by a 6.8 earthquake. It registered a 4.3 in Taipei and other than drawers opening and the TV rolling away we had no damage. But, when I turned the monitor on this AM the smear pattern was gone. So, a shake-table is a good repair tool? :-) It's a Russian way of repairing things - smash it! A rubber mallet will fix many a dirty contact. So will a bit of Cramolin (aka tuner cleaner) with a lot less wear and tear on the device. -wolfgang -- Wolfgang S. Rupprecht If the airwaves belong to the public why does the public only get 3 non-overlapping WIFI channels? -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: [OT] LCD Display and earthquakes .....
2009/12/20 Ed Greshko ed.gres...@greshko.com: This is OT...but wonder if anyone has experienced or see this before. My older Samsung SyncMaster 172t is hooked to a system I use mainly for running SlingPlayer. Part of the upper left quadrant had what could be called a smear patter or smudge pattern. It isn't from any type of burn in. But looked like what you see if you run fingers around on the screen...only permanent. It had been like this for a long time. Anyway, I didn't have the monitor turned on last night when Taiwan was hit by a 6.8 earthquake. It registered a 4.3 in Taipei and other than drawers opening and the TV rolling away we had no damage. But, when I turned the monitor on this AM the smear pattern was gone. So, a shake-table is a good repair tool? :-) It's a Russian way of repairing things - smash it! -- Hiisi. Registered Linux User #487982. Be counted at: http://counter.li.org/ -- Spandex is a privilege, not a right. -- SIP: hi...@ekiga.net -- pub 1024D/085B139A -- Powered by Fedora: http://fedoraproject.org/ -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
[OT] LCD Display and earthquakes .....
This is OT...but wonder if anyone has experienced or see this before. My older Samsung SyncMaster 172t is hooked to a system I use mainly for running SlingPlayer. Part of the upper left quadrant had what could be called a smear patter or smudge pattern. It isn't from any type of burn in. But looked like what you see if you run fingers around on the screen...only permanent. It had been like this for a long time. Anyway, I didn't have the monitor turned on last night when Taiwan was hit by a 6.8 earthquake. It registered a 4.3 in Taipei and other than drawers opening and the TV rolling away we had no damage. But, when I turned the monitor on this AM the smear pattern was gone. So, a shake-table is a good repair tool? :-) signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: [OT] LCD Display and earthquakes .....
Yeah, it more than shakes it enough to sort out the problems. :) So before you throw any LCD away, give it a food shake. -- Michael Thompson On 20 Dec 2009, at 01:48, Ed Greshko ed.gres...@greshko.com wrote: This is OT...but wonder if anyone has experienced or see this before. My older Samsung SyncMaster 172t is hooked to a system I use mainly for running SlingPlayer. Part of the upper left quadrant had what could be called a smear patter or smudge pattern. It isn't from any type of burn in. But looked like what you see if you run fingers around on the screen...only permanent. It had been like this for a long time. Anyway, I didn't have the monitor turned on last night when Taiwan was hit by a 6.8 earthquake. It registered a 4.3 in Taipei and other than drawers opening and the TV rolling away we had no damage. But, when I turned the monitor on this AM the smear pattern was gone. So, a shake-table is a good repair tool? :-) -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: [OT] LCD Display and earthquakes .....
On Saturday 19 December 2009, Michael Thompson wrote: Yeah, it more than shakes it enough to sort out the problems. :) So before you throw any LCD away, give it a food shake. What flavor? -- Michael Thompson On 20 Dec 2009, at 01:48, Ed Greshko ed.gres...@greshko.com wrote: This is OT...but wonder if anyone has experienced or see this before. My older Samsung SyncMaster 172t is hooked to a system I use mainly for running SlingPlayer. Part of the upper left quadrant had what could be called a smear patter or smudge pattern. It isn't from any type of burn in. But looked like what you see if you run fingers around on the screen...only permanent. It had been like this for a long time. Anyway, I didn't have the monitor turned on last night when Taiwan was hit by a 6.8 earthquake. It registered a 4.3 in Taipei and other than drawers opening and the TV rolling away we had no damage. But, when I turned the monitor on this AM the smear pattern was gone. So, a shake-table is a good repair tool? :-) -- Cheers, Gene There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order. -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments. -- Earl Wilson -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: [OT] LCD Display and earthquakes .....
On Sun, 2009-12-20 at 09:48 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: This is OT...but wonder if anyone has experienced or see this before. My older Samsung SyncMaster 172t is hooked to a system I use mainly for running SlingPlayer. Part of the upper left quadrant had what could be called a smear patter or smudge pattern. It isn't from any type of burn in. But looked like what you see if you run fingers around on the screen...only permanent. It had been like this for a long time. Anyway, I didn't have the monitor turned on last night when Taiwan was hit by a 6.8 earthquake. It registered a 4.3 in Taipei and other than drawers opening and the TV rolling away we had no damage. But, when I turned the monitor on this AM the smear pattern was gone. So, a shake-table is a good repair tool? :-) Useful for marguerita lovers who need to multitask... About your monitor, I suspect what the earthquake might have done is flex some bit of hardware just right and cause it to rub through some micro-corrosion on an internal signal lead. You know, the same mechanism attributed to those reseated connector miracle repairs? I've seen some odd hardware behavior changes when a system is taken apart, moved, and reassembled. You wouldn't expect it to happen, but every once in a while it definitely DOES happen. Buy a lottery ticket! --Doc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
