My Monitor Just Died...

XythXyth Avatar Join Date: 2003-11-04 Member: 22312Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">When playng farcry demo</div> So I was bored and decided to download the farcry demo, maybe just waste a few hours on it. So I spend an hour downloading it and finally install it. Well itopens up just fine and everything except when it gets to the menu it asks me if this was my first time and if I would like to adjust my settings. I click yes and Bam! Monitor makes the same sound that it does when it degausses and the screen gets ultra tiny for a second then, black. No power LED nothin... I can still hear the music playing in the background and everything. So I shut off my computer and reboot. Nothing. Press the power button a few times... nothing. I tried unplugging the monitor and leaving it unplugged. Still nothing. When it is plugged in I can hear a very faint ticking inside of it. But your ear has to be right against it. I thought maybe it was my GPU, so I hooked another monitor to it and it worked fine. I don't know what to do, perhaps there is some kind of fure in the monitor or somthing that just blew and can be reset? This happen to anybody else?
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  • superfreak03superfreak03 Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5070Members
    Same thing happened to me once had to call support line but it fixed cant remember what i did.
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  • BigMadSteveBigMadSteve Join Date: 2003-02-12 Member: 13472Members
    You said it asked you to "adjust your settings". Did you set the refresh rate or res too high? That happened to me. I set my monitor's resolution up to 85 Hz and it died. Luckily for me someone else in the house has a really good monitor which allowed me to see what I was doing and reduce the refresh rate so my monitor could handle it (it can only do 60).
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  • TommyVercettiTommyVercetti Join Date: 2003-02-10 Member: 13390Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    Interesting. I hope you can get past this little problem with your monitor, because Far Cry is one of the best games I've ever played.
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  • rabbityrabbity Join Date: 2003-07-02 Member: 17866Members
    well my psu died while playing far cry demo D:
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  • BelgarionBelgarion Join Date: 2002-07-19 Member: 973Members
    ... i hope you realize this has nothing to do with the demo itself.
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  • NecroticNecrotic Big Girl&#39;s Blouse Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 53Members, NS1 Playtester
    <!--QuoteBegin-BigMadSteve+Jul 18 2004, 01:06 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BigMadSteve @ Jul 18 2004, 01:06 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> You said it asked you to "adjust your settings". Did you set the refresh rate or res too high? That happened to me. I set my monitor's resolution up to 85 Hz and it died. Luckily for me someone else in the house has a really good monitor which allowed me to see what I was doing and reduce the refresh rate so my monitor could handle it (it can only do 60). <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    This is most likely the cause, with the other monitor right click your desktop, select properties, it the settings tab and then monitor, and then set your refresh rate to something that works (60hz for me gg monitor from the dark ages)
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  • panda_de_malheureuxpanda_de_malheureux Join Date: 2003-12-26 Member: 24775Members
    Don't most monitors have some kind of protection for this? I know when I get a popup like that sometimes, the >60Hz options are greyed out and I can't choose them.

    <span style='font-size:4pt;line-height:100%'>PS FarCry sucks.</span>
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  • raz0rraz0r Join Date: 2003-07-24 Member: 18395Members
    On my crappy Dell 15" flatscreen it can manage up to 75Hz
    If i try to set it higher, it just says 'mode not supported' or something like that
    The same happens when i try to set it above 1024x768
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  • RaVeRaVe Join Date: 2003-06-20 Member: 17538Members
    <3 my Compaq P50

    It signals when it overheats and stuff, nifty when you feel the need to keep your monitor from blowing itself out XD

    I do remember the time when the monitor on my el suxx0r PC just went out without warning.

    That's why I <3 my Compaq P50 XD
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  • WirheWirhe Join Date: 2003-06-22 Member: 17610Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->(60hz for me gg monitor from the dark ages)<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    You know, I bet staring at a lightbulb for a few hours does the same trick as staring to a monitor like that. However, on TFT, even 60 Hz is good enough.
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  • Nil_IQNil_IQ Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15520Members
    I bought Farcry this week and was really psyked about it until I got it and saw the big "DVD-ROM" sign on the front at which point I had to smack myself in the head with a baseball bat, and then order a DVD drive.
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  • BigMadSteveBigMadSteve Join Date: 2003-02-12 Member: 13472Members
    edited July 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin-Nil_IQ+Jul 18 2004, 07:10 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Nil_IQ @ Jul 18 2004, 07:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I bought Farcry this week and was really psyked about it until I got it and saw the big "DVD-ROM" sign on the front at which point I had to smack myself in the head with a baseball bat, and then order a DVD drive. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I got a DVD rom for half the price I'd have to pay for a new(ish) game. It was worth the money.
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  • GlissGliss Join Date: 2003-03-23 Member: 14800Members, Constellation, NS2 Map Tester
    You're lucky. Your monitor died, but MY computer exploded.
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  • WirheWirhe Join Date: 2003-06-22 Member: 17610Members
    If so, what are you doing here -collecting the pieces? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • GlissGliss Join Date: 2003-03-23 Member: 14800Members, Constellation, NS2 Map Tester
    <!--QuoteBegin-Wirhe+Jul 18 2004, 03:25 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Wirhe @ Jul 18 2004, 03:25 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> If so, what are you doing here -collecting the pieces? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Duh.
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  • RatonetwothreetwooneRatonetwothreetwoone Join Date: 2004-03-23 Member: 27504Members
    i would try to get help, then if that doesnt work, take it out to a field with some buddies in suits, play some rap music, and beat the crap out of it with baseball bats, w00t

    then get a new monitor.
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