Sounds like your power supply on the monitor got zapped. That's the same
symptoms I had when mine went out recently. Could have had it fixed for
$99.00 (17"), but I'd already done that once the previous year, so I had
the perfect excuse to upgrade to a 19"!
Harry
Texas
----- Original Message -----
From: "K. Bryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 8:52 AM
Subject: [SaF] Comments and Q about monitor
| The monitor Q first:
| Why does it flicker from purple to blues and back to white? It's
| intermittant, but when it flickers, it FLICKERS!! I can always read
the
| screen, just in shades of magenta, indigo, and polar whites. Does it
have
| anything to do with the following story? Please say no!! :o(
|
| Begin Story:
|
| Oddly enough, when I had that virus that destroyed my computer last
week, I
| also found out, one appliance at a time over the next 2 days, that a
few of
| my other electronic devices weren't working.
|
| Let me explain further:
| Tuesday night (at the height of the virus thing here at my house), we
also
| had a HUGE electrical storm. Now, I am totally immortal and invincable
| ::snicker:: so I didn't think to turn off any of my major running
| appliances such as computer, microwave, stereo, TVs and computer
monitor.
|
| OK.. So I woke up the morning on Wednesday I think it was, after I
had
| bought all new components for my computer -- rip roaring and ready to
tackle
| the project myself -- and I go to make my coffee in the microwave .
Not
| working And I blame it on my son who (although not home at the time
to
| hear me rant) is NOTORIOUS for sneaking non-food items into the
microwave
| just to see how they melt. Peeved, I move to the stove to heat up my
| coffee the old fashioned way.
|
| With hot coffee in hand, I get into my home office and (try to) click
on my
| stereo. Ummm .. no luck. I check the plug. Yep. Plugged in. I check
the
| security switch on the back that prevents "little fingers" from
accessing
| the settings (Aiwa thinks outside the box). It's activated, but the
stereo
| is not. It's as dead as the microwave.
|
| In the interim, I go to the control panel (on the house not the
computer)
| and throw alllll the switches. let them rest in the off position for 2
mins,
| and then reset them all to "ON."
|
| NOPE.
|
| OK. So now I'm getting suspicious (and feeling guilt over the "blame
the
| child" reaction from earlier).
|
| I turned on the other radio - it worked fine. But it was unplugged all
night
| with its cord wrapped around the casing. Go Figure!
|
| OK.. on to the computer repairs. So I go to power on the computer and
it
| TOO was dead as a narc at a biker rally. The power strip had no red
light
| indicating it's power-on state. I took that sucker apart, you can
believe
| it! Totally dead secondary to the fuse inside having been burned out.
|
| By now, you KNOW I was thinking about the electrical storm that had
hit the
| night before last.
|
| All of my damaged appliances were covered by my homeowner's policy
except my
| desktop computer. I intentionally left it off the policy so my rates
would
| not be raised since my agent didn't know I was working out of my home.
| (ASIDE: The laptop was not plugged in, but safely stored in it's case)
|
| OK ... to sum up this painfully expensive story, KM should:
|
| (1) Power off and UNPLUG all appliances that she just can't live
without in
| the event of a powers surge/lightening strike.
| (2) Pay the extra $ to buy a new power strip every 2 years, not evey 9
| years.
| (3) Learn to use the stove more often to make convection-heated
coffee. It
| tasted unusually wonderful that day sans the radiation.
| (4) Pay the extra $ for the policy that covers equipment for those of
us who
| work out of their homes.
| (5) As good as Aiwa is, never trust their (or anyone's!) circutry and
fuses
| to keep a power surge from killing your system.
| (6) Admit to your mistakes, and apologize to your son for falsely
accusing
| him of destroying yet another microwave.
|
|
| So what's up with my monitor now???
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