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Oh no my monitor is dying :(

dekhdekh
edited June 2009 in Chit chat
I have a SyncMaster 700p Plus.

It has intermittent frame collapse.

A moments silence please.

Currently I can get away with a whack on the side but that will only last so long.

Sigh...

Do I go for a new monitor or do I get this repaired?

Any suggestions for a new one?

I need to see colours properly.
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  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited June 2009
    dekh wrote: »
    I need to see colours properly.

    Stop taking acid then :p




    ....but seriously take it to an independent PC broker, to see if it's worth fixing. Smaller places usually tell you the truth as to weither or not there's any point in getting it mended.

    Well that's what I would do anyway.
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  • milemile
    edited June 2009
    i read that as, 'oh no my mother is dying' i felt sad but really did wonder what sort of poll it was gonig to be. :o

    just buy a new one, it will save money in the long run. (your monitor)
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited June 2009
    Get a new one you tightwad ;)

    Come join us in 2009 !
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited June 2009
    I have a 19" SyncMaster ... recommend them, wonderful things they are.
  • ArjunArjun
    edited June 2009
    Aha! I have the exact same problem on my SyncMaster. I would have bought a new one but unfortunately my PC has died too. So I'm just sitting around wondering what system I should buy without burning too large a hole in my wallet.
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  • GrazGraz
    edited June 2009
    My desktop monitor has been dying for about 3 years now. Every time I switch it on, it goes,

    Skreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek.

    Up until it sets the screen resolution to 640x760 (wow, that much eh?) then it quietens itself down.

    May buy a new one when it goes pop. Then again...
  • WinstonWinston
    edited June 2009
    dekh wrote: »
    Currently I can get away with a whack on the side but that will only last so long.

    If a whack on the side restores it, it's probably a bad connection/bad solder joint/oxidised connector and eminently fixable.
  • bohuskbohusk
    edited June 2009
    mile wrote: »
    i read that as, 'oh no my mother is dying'

    hehe, you also have eyesight problems ?

    It often happens to me too that I read something different than there is written and I make up a word suitable for me...
  • RalfRalf
    edited June 2009
    Originally Posted by mile
    i read that as, 'oh no my mother is dying'


    He guys, I have also read it that way :o

    It must be some psychological effect. You would rather expect to see "mother" in such a dramatic context, so when you see mo... you don't read further.
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited June 2009
    It's creeping me out, my mother is dieing or may as well be she's a slave to the drink now, and just counting her days from the sounds of things. :(

    Talking of which I should phone her and make sure she's still alive.
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  • guesserguesser
    edited June 2009
    bohusk wrote: »
    hehe, you also have eyesight problems ?

    It often happens to me too that I read something different than there is written and I make up a word suitable for me...

    I'm pretty sure I can guess the cause of mile's bad eyesight... :lol:
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  • zx1zx1
    edited June 2009
    Buy a new one, before your old one dies completely.
    The trouble with tribbles is.......
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited June 2009
    zx1 wrote: »
    Buy a new one, before your old one dies completely.

    Mother?...
  • bohuskbohusk
    edited June 2009
    ZnorXman wrote: »
    Mother?...

    Completely Dead Mother ? That sounds like good lyric movie....:)
  • Scottie_ukScottie_uk
    edited June 2009
    The green side of me says repair it.

    However, flat screens are much better these days than they used to be, and will give you more desk space.

    Winston what uses less power a 19" TFT or a 19" CRT?
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  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited June 2009
    bohusk wrote: »
    Completely Dead Mother ? That sounds like good lyric movie....:)
    I could have sworn it was a song title...
    I wanna tell you a story 'bout a woman I know...
  • Scottie_ukScottie_uk
    edited June 2009
    karingal wrote: »
    I could have sworn it was a song title...

    Yeah it's either ZZ Top or Morrisey... :lol:
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  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited June 2009
    Scottie_uk wrote: »
    Yeah it's either ZZ Top or Morrisey... :lol:
    Naah, I was thinking more Danzig or The Misfits.
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  • alanspecalanspec
    edited June 2009
    mile wrote: »
    i read that as, 'oh no my mother is dying' i felt sad but really did wonder what sort of poll it was gonig to be. :o

    Me too - Interesting so many people read it like that. I can barely see the monitor at the moment though and didn't so much read it - more like glanced at it.
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  • guesserguesser
    edited June 2009
    Scottie_uk wrote: »
    The green side of me says repair it.

    However, flat screens are much better these days than they used to be, and will give you more desk space.

    Winston what uses less power a 19" TFT or a 19" CRT?

    well a big old crt will save you money on your heating bill ;)
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  • Scottie_ukScottie_uk
    edited June 2009
    guesser wrote: »
    well a big old crt will save you money on your heating bill ;)

    So will a 24" Wide screen TFT. The one on my office desk puts out almost as much heat out the back vents as a radiator.
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  • bohuskbohusk
    edited June 2009
    karingal wrote: »
    I could have sworn it was a song title...

    First time I read it : I could have sword it was a song title...

    something weird happens in this thread...
  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited June 2009
    bohusk wrote: »
    First time I read it : I could have sword it was a song title...

    something weird happens in this thread...
    Something weird happens in every thread...
    I wanna tell you a story 'bout a woman I know...
  • urbanupstarturbanupstart
    edited June 2009
    mile wrote: »
    i read that as, 'oh no my mother is dying' i felt sad but really did wonder what sort of poll it was gonig to be. :o

    just buy a new one, it will save money in the long run. (your monitor)

    I read it as that also!:lol:
  • urbanupstarturbanupstart
    edited June 2009
    Also, I would keep the crt for as long as possible. By the time it finally goes knackered, LCD technology may be really really good! Surely it improves yr by yr!
  • dekhdekh
    edited June 2009
    Winston wrote: »
    If a whack on the side restores it, it's probably a bad connection/bad solder joint/oxidised connector and eminently fixable.

    yes but no but yes but no ...

    Yes it could be simple it could be a loose cable it could be a dry joint.

    No the amount of stored energy in the back of these is quite scary and it can stay charge for weeks.

    It would be my preferred option but I'm not gonne do it myself and the prices seem to start at ?30 which is a fair old chunk of a new monitor.
    urbanupstart wrote: »
    Also, I would keep the crt for as long as possible. By the time it finally goes knackered, LCD technology may be really really good! Surely it improves yr by yr!

    Just so, whenever I buy anything it's 20% off next week, discontinued the week after and unsupported the week after that.

    I'm liking the look of this :
    http://www.samsung.com/my/consumer/detail/spec.do?group=computerperipherals&type=monitor&subtype=lcdmonitor&model_cd=LS20EFHKFV/XM&fullspec=F

    But this one still has the d-sub and I need it for my kvm.

    http://www.samsung.com/au/consumer/detail/spec.do?group=computerperipherals&type=monitor&subtype=lcdmonitor&model_cd=LS20LRZKUV/XY&fullspec=F
  • bohuskbohusk
    edited June 2009
    Is it possible to buy a CRT monitor in the UK yet ? I am browsing main slovak computer sellers and they do not have a CRT monitor in their list anymore.
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited June 2009
    bohusk wrote: »
    Is it possible to buy a CRT monitor in the UK yet ? I am browsing main slovak computer sellers and they do not have a CRT monitor in their list anymore.

    Quite a few places you can buy them. What are you after ? One not so old or do you prefer a 16 year old one ?

    This place seems to sell a fair few, old and new...

    http://www.computerdisplays.co.uk/

    Postage might be dear to Slovakia ! DId a search for CRT and Slovakia and found this place...

    http://www.tradeboss.com/default.cgi/action/viewcompanies/companyid/389914/
  • bohuskbohusk
    edited June 2009
    psj3809 wrote: »
    Quite a few places you can buy them. What are you after ? One not so old or do you prefer a 16 year old one ?

    This place seems to sell a fair few, old and new...

    http://www.computerdisplays.co.uk/

    Postage might be dear to Slovakia ! DId a search for CRT and Slovakia and found this place...

    http://www.tradeboss.com/default.cgi/action/viewcompanies/companyid/389914/

    I was just curious and searched for crt monitor and found just second hand advertisments. The main official sellers do not have it.

    www.agem.sk
    www.shark.sk
  • milemile
    edited June 2009
    bohusk wrote: »
    I was just curious and searched for crt monitor and found just second hand advertisments. The main official sellers do not have it.

    www.agem.sk
    www.shark.sk

    CRT ones are generally seen as older ones, and as we all know, an older model isn't what people want, they want something new and fresh to get stuck into.

    i wouldn't imagine you being able to get a CRT that no one has had thier hands on. you make your choice it might have been around the block loads of times and might have all sorts of internal problems.

    my CRT is very old, and the old girl has served me well, would never get another just yet, saying that though i do have an LCD at work and i do enjoy that much more, it looks so much better.
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