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09-20-2003, 09:07 AM
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Is my Monitor dying??
I have a (nearly) 4 year old 19" Dell (Trinitron) P991 Monitor. Both the monitor and case are hooked up to a APC Back-UPS LS 700. Just a few minutes ago while I was online, the monitor shut itself off and the power light kept flashing. I turned the monitor power switch off then back on and there was an "overload" message from my UPS and then the monitor shut itself back off again. Apparently the monitor is drawing too much voltage. Now EVERYTHING displayed through my monitor gives a greenish tint.
 I assume my monitor is going on the fritz. Is there any free downloadable software to test my monitor to be sure before I purchase a new one? Is there anything in XP Pro that can test it?? This might be worthy of another topic but If I do need a new monitor I would like to purchase one with a bigger display as long as there is no sacrifice in image quality. I only use my pc for gaming and web browsing. Is there a quality 22"" monitor out there that someone can recommend or should I just get another 19" monitor? Thanks in advance
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09-20-2003, 09:18 AM
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In my school we have a lot of trinitron monitors froma couple years back and i know that the messed up ones are all tinted blue, they all work fine except for the tint. I'm guessing your monitor will be fine for a while.
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09-20-2003, 09:26 AM
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Could you elaborate on "fine for a while"? Could it last at least another week or so? The greenish tint is already an eye sore. Thanks for your reply |
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09-20-2003, 09:40 AM
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The ones in school were never fixed. Some were blueish for like 2 years until all our computers were replaced this year with new dells. I had a similar problem with a tv. It made my tv tint pink, which unfortunately was permanent.
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09-20-2003, 01:14 PM
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More than likely one of the gun driver transistors shorted, then opened on the crt neck board or worst yet you have a heater to cathode short in the gun assembly, the first is repairable the second is not.
The green tint may last for days to years? the color you get is dependent on which of the three guns you blow RGB, you blew the red gun. One thing about CRT monitors, the electronics may last a life time but the tubes only have a finite number of burn hours period...I replace mine every few years before it breaks, and keep the old one as a standby or for testing. Note: Not only are monitors more complicated then televisions, but are usually more costly to repair. |
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