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Title: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: BayGBM on August 21, 2011, 07:00:55 PM
My monitor just blew up!  It’s a Dell 2407WFP.  I was sitting here using it when it made a funny buzzing sound.  The screen image shook like I’ve never seen… then the screen went black as a little puff of smoke rose from the vents on top.  I’m gonna trash it.  Does anyone even fix flatscreens?

Luckily, I still had my old NEC CRT in the storage room, so I quickly pulled it out and connected it to my computer—didn’t even have to restart. The CRT is a big heavy monitor; after using a flat screen for so long the CRT screen looks tiny, dim, and repulsive.  It is hard to believe we used to use monitors like this daily.

At work, the tech guy said they were gonna buy me a new computer in the next week or two.   I selected a 27” iMac.  So my current work computer 24” iMac is gonna come home with me and be networked to my MacPro; it seems a shame to use the Pro only for it’s drive bays rather than its processing power, but it is a solution for now. :-\
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: The True Adonis on August 21, 2011, 07:01:44 PM
My monitor just blew up!  It’s a Dell 2407WFP.  I was sitting here using it when it made a funny buzzing sound.  The screen image shook like I’ve never seen… then the screen went black as a little puff of smoke rose from the vents on top.  I’m gonna trash it.  Does anyone even fix flatscreens?

Luckily, I still had my old NEC CRT in the storage room, so I quickly pulled it out and connected it to my computer—didn’t even have to restart. The CRT is a big heavy monitor; after using a flat screen for so long the CRT screen looks tiny, dim, and repulsive.  It is hard to believe we used to use monitors like this daily.

At work, the tech guy said they were gonna buy me a new computer in the next week or two.   I selected a 27” iMac.  So my current work computer 24” iMac is gonna come home with me and be networked to my MacPro; it seems a shame to use the Pro only for it’s drive bays rather than its processing power, but it is a solution for now. :-\

Were you in "mid-jerk"?
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: Natural Man on August 21, 2011, 07:01:50 PM
that's because you re a sinner.
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: Parker on August 21, 2011, 07:04:15 PM
Johan did it.
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: The True Adonis on August 21, 2011, 07:04:27 PM
(http://www.topnews.in/files/Vasectomy-6691.jpg)
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: Mr. Magoo on August 21, 2011, 07:11:49 PM
Who else was expecting the post to be something along the lines of "...when I saw this picture" and then some picture of a muscle hunk

This is disappointing  >:(

 :D
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: Tapeworm on August 21, 2011, 07:14:07 PM
In b4 designed to fail conspiracy.

Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: The True Adonis on August 21, 2011, 07:15:19 PM
Who else was expecting the post to be something along the lines of "...when I saw this picture" and then some picture of a muscle hunk

This is disappointing  >:(

 :D
Specifically, a Scaly-Skinned, Oversized Pawed, Pink-Toned, Pig Bear with facial hair and with a Brutal GH gut.
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: MP on August 21, 2011, 07:28:31 PM
Riveting.
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: The True Adonis on August 21, 2011, 07:29:21 PM
In b4 designed to fail conspiracy.


Yah, but what about building 7?
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: gcb on August 21, 2011, 07:31:15 PM
it's all over once the essential magic smoke escapes
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: ManBearPig... on August 21, 2011, 07:33:47 PM
aren't you a university professor?

does that mean we, the taxpayer, are partially funding your masturbation sessions?
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: Tapeworm on August 21, 2011, 08:00:05 PM
Things fall apart.  It's scientific.
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: RUDE BUOY on August 21, 2011, 08:04:10 PM
.
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: reppingfor20 on August 21, 2011, 08:16:24 PM
you were using a PC???!!!!!!   
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: kiwiol on August 21, 2011, 08:18:52 PM
If you're getting a new computer, please send your old keyboard to assbruise.
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: tbombz on August 21, 2011, 08:20:09 PM
Things fall apart.  It's scientific.
x2 


sorry for your loss  bay..    :P
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: Nails on August 21, 2011, 08:30:59 PM
Get you a new hewlett Packard they been in business for years ... they will be in the PC industry foever  ;D
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: Tapeworm on August 21, 2011, 08:40:14 PM
I selected a 27” iMac. 

Get a Wang.

(http://www.chrisventura.com/podcastpics/show32-2.jpg)
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: Krankenstein on August 21, 2011, 08:44:35 PM
My monitor just blew up!  It’s a Dell 2407WFP.  I was sitting here using it when it made a funny buzzing sound.  The screen image shook like I’ve never seen… then the screen went black as a little puff of smoke rose from the vents on top.  I’m gonna trash it.  Does anyone even fix flatscreens?

Luckily, I still had my old NEC CRT in the storage room, so I quickly pulled it out and connected it to my computer—didn’t even have to restart. The CRT is a big heavy monitor; after using a flat screen for so long the CRT screen looks tiny, dim, and repulsive.  It is hard to believe we used to use monitors like this daily.

At work, the tech guy said they were gonna buy me a new computer in the next week or two.   I selected a 27” iMac.  So my current work computer 24” iMac is gonna come home with me and be networked to my MacPro; it seems a shame to use the Pro only for it’s drive bays rather than its processing power, but it is a solution for now. :-\


Easier to fix yourself.  Just google possible fixes....order the parts....take the thing apart and do it yourself.  Then again, 24" screens are damn near $120 now.
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: BayGBM on August 21, 2011, 09:02:27 PM
Easier to fix yourself.  Just google possible fixes....order the parts....take the thing apart and do it yourself.  Then again, 24" screens are damn near $120 now.

Nothing is easier than throwing it away!  :)
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: stuntmovie on August 21, 2011, 09:19:02 PM
Bay, I seem to have the same problem with expensive cameras and their accessories. These past five years I've thrown away 4 expensive cameras including one Nikon because of one failure or another because I couldn't find anyone who was capable of fixing them without charging a huge expense.

So now I accept the fact that I somehow unknowningly abuse cameras and their accessories (lens's), etc ... and now only purchase cheap cameras  in the $100 to $125 price range which seem to work just as well photo-wise  but they do .... BREAK A LOT FASTER.

I actually cried when my Nikonos was broken down to ever conceivable part in my attempt to clean it and discovered that it was impossible to place together again. So now I use a Kodak in a plastic see through baggy.

Might be a lesson here someplace for ya.
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: BIG ACH on August 21, 2011, 09:23:29 PM

LOL I blew up my computer once, smoke and everything...  I was living in London at the time, and the desktop I was using had a switch that accepts dual-voltages,  UK obviously runs on 220 Volts.....  By accident once I flicked the switch over to 110 Volts, and BOOM, heard this explosion inside the case and smoke just starts coming up!  Shit made me jump!   ;D
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: RUDE BUOY on August 21, 2011, 09:24:57 PM
LOL I blew up my computer once, smoke and everything...  I was living in London at the time, and the desktop I was using had a switch that accepts dual-voltages,  UK obviously runs on 220 Volts.....  By accident once I flicked the switch over to 110 Volts, and BOOM, heard this explosion inside the case and smoke just starts coming up!  Shit made me jump!   ;D
ach will you be purchasing battlefield 3 and if so will you be purchasing console or pc and if pc would you be upset if i quick or no scope you over and over
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: Army of One on August 21, 2011, 10:02:59 PM
LOL I blew up my computer once, smoke and everything...  I was living in London at the time, and the desktop I was using had a switch that accepts dual-voltages,  UK obviously runs on 220 Volts.....  By accident once I flicked the switch over to 110 Volts, and BOOM, heard this explosion inside the case and smoke just starts coming up!  Shit made me jump!   ;D

Did the London Police then arrest you under the terrorism act?
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: The True Adonis on August 21, 2011, 10:14:00 PM
Oh Bayyyyyyyyyyyy


(http://lh6.ggpht.com/-7_M5sErIKT8/ScoC8pbBq9I/AAAAAAAAhEA/I7S1hkEQ4g0/The%252520Look%252520again.jpg)
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: dogbowl on August 21, 2011, 10:34:20 PM
(http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh76kl0Ddj1qcdt7eo1_400.gif)
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: quadzilla456 on August 21, 2011, 10:57:05 PM
Did you by any chance have the monitor at least plugged into a good surge protector. If that bad boy was plugged directly into the outlet you were asking for trouble.

(http://gearpatrol.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/apc-back-ups-be750g-battery-backup-and-surge-protector1.jpg)
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: epic_alien on August 22, 2011, 12:01:21 AM
Get you a new hewlett Packard they been in business for years ... they will be in the PC industry foever  ;D

good one, since they just got out
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: Stark on August 22, 2011, 02:10:31 AM
Bay it was a sign of God that you have to stop butt-fucking
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: dyslexic on August 22, 2011, 02:13:47 AM
There are Walmart's in San Francisco....


24/7
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: DroppingPlates on August 22, 2011, 02:35:31 AM
Too many dicks on your screen will do that
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: Dr Dutch on August 22, 2011, 03:05:14 AM
Johan did it.
;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: True on August 22, 2011, 03:32:57 AM
My monitor just blew up!  It’s a Dell 2407WFP.  I was sitting here using it when it made a funny buzzing sound.  The screen image shook like I’ve never seen… then the screen went black as a little puff of smoke rose from the vents on top.  I’m gonna trash it.  Does anyone even fix flatscreens?

Luckily, I still had my old NEC CRT in the storage room, so I quickly pulled it out and connected it to my computer—didn’t even have to restart. The CRT is a big heavy monitor; after using a flat screen for so long the CRT screen looks tiny, dim, and repulsive.  It is hard to believe we used to use monitors like this daily.

At work, the tech guy said they were gonna buy me a new computer in the next week or two.   I selected a 27” iMac.  So my current work computer 24” iMac is gonna come home with me and be networked to my MacPro; it seems a shame to use the Pro only for it’s drive bays rather than its processing power, but it is a solution for now. :-\


Thats funny.. That happened to me as well just a couple of weeks ago. It was a Dell machine too. Never happened before, but luckily I had allready bought a completely new PC ready to be used. ;D
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: Super Natural on August 22, 2011, 03:33:35 AM
did it blow up from within?  
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: BayGBM on August 22, 2011, 06:02:11 AM
Did you by any chance have the monitor at least plugged into a good surge protector. If that bad boy was plugged directly into the outlet you were asking for trouble.

(http://gearpatrol.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/apc-back-ups-be750g-battery-backup-and-surge-protector1.jpg)

Yes, have one of those (at work and home) and my computer, monitor, printer, etc. are plugged into it. :)
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: BayGBM on August 22, 2011, 06:03:00 AM
Bay it was a sign of God that you have to stop butt-fucking

You may be onto something... I did have some wild hot sex the night before!  ;D
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: Stark on August 22, 2011, 06:06:21 AM
You may be onto something... I did have some wild hot sex the night before!  ;D

well there you go then ;D
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: BayGBM on August 22, 2011, 06:07:13 AM
Too many dicks on your screen will do that

And what of shredded glutes?  I don't often have dicks on my screen, but I might have experienced muscled glute overload! :P
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: DroppingPlates on August 22, 2011, 06:14:46 AM
And what of shredded glutes?  I don't often have dicks on my screen, but I might have experienced muscled glute overload! :P

You and your monitor  ;D

(http://images.t-nation.com/forum_images/1/0/1013355.1144783761877.glutes.jpg)
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: BayGBM on August 22, 2011, 06:29:41 AM
Bay, I seem to have the same problem with expensive cameras and their accessories. These past five years I've thrown away 4 expensive cameras including one Nikon because of one failure or another because I couldn't find anyone who was capable of fixing them without charging a huge expense.

So now I accept the fact that I somehow unknowningly abuse cameras and their accessories (lens's), etc ... and now only purchase cheap cameras  in the $100 to $125 price range which seem to work just as well photo-wise  but they do .... BREAK A LOT FASTER.

I actually cried when my Nikonos was broken down to ever conceivable part in my attempt to clean it and discovered that it was impossible to place together again. So now I use a Kodak in a plastic see through baggy.

Might be a lesson here someplace for ya.

I do not buy expensive cameras for this very reason.  I am in the market for a new camera and I will buy it the same way I bought my last camera:  do not buy a brand new camera.  Buy one that is one or two model years old (like cars a new model comes out every year).  Chances are that a one or two year old model will still have advanced features that you will never use and because it is a year or two old you can often buy it for less than half on ebay!

Find the model you want and read all the reviews about it, and view sample images from it here http://www.dpreview.com/.  This site has a database of virtually all digital cameras—even old and discontinued models.

Once you find the model you want search for it on ebay.  You are sure to find many of them for sale.  And sometimes you can find that two year old model for sale (from a camera shop for example) and you can buy it brand new!

I bought my last Olympus camera that way and I’m bidding on a new one right now. 
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: BayGBM on August 22, 2011, 06:31:46 AM
You and your monitor  ;D

(http://images.t-nation.com/forum_images/1/0/1013355.1144783761877.glutes.jpg)

That guy is too little!  >:(
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: DroppingPlates on August 22, 2011, 06:35:32 AM
That guy is too little!  >:(

LMAO, because you can't see his johnson hanging?
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: BayGBM on August 22, 2011, 06:43:16 AM
LMAO, because you can't see his johnson hanging?

His body is too little.
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: WillGrant on August 22, 2011, 07:04:21 AM
(http://www.exposedgfs.org/wp-content/girlfriendpics/wet-panty.jpg)
Title: Re: My monitor just blew up!
Post by: BIG ACH on August 22, 2011, 03:02:43 PM
ach will you be purchasing battlefield 3 and if so will you be purchasing console or pc and if pc would you be upset if i quick or no scope you over and over

I will not be purchasing battlefield 3, I have battlefield 2142 (the futuristic one) on PC and regret paying 5 bucks for it.  

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 all the way , and that, I will be getting on Xbox!