From: Laurent Daudelin (laurent.daudelin_at_verizon.net)
Date: Fri Feb 06 2004 - 21:56:14 PST
on 06/02/04 22:12, Ed Kummel at tech_ed_at_yahoo.com wrote:
> I had the same thing happen with an Apple 1710 monitor
> that was running just fine for abuu 3+ years now...It
> was connected to my wife's HP (with an adapter). It
> was given to me by someone who upgraded to a Mac LCD
> studio 21. (I gave it to my wife because I don't think
> I would have been able to stand staring at the
> confounded logo for hours on end...;-)
> The monitor started to flicker and make this horrible
> buzzing sound then one day last week, it just went
> real bright then fuzzy then died...No hi-pitched whine
> either...must be the flyback...darn, it was a good
> monitor while it lasted...I guess partnered to a
> Windows machine for that long took it's toll...
> Luckily, I had a spare 15" LCD Compaq sitting in a
> junk box that my wife appreciates...(her desk is less
> cluttered)
> I junked the monitor...Found a 21" replacement for
> $150 (a used SUN...) but she likes the LCD...so she
> lost some screen realestate but gained some desk
> realestate...
Ed,
What you describe sounds a lot to what I did experience. I guess there isn't
much hope to replace the flyback?
-Laurent.
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