CRT Monitor short-circuited

[Patrick Wolf]

My monitor short-circuited, it happened when I was loading the Half-Life 2: Substance Mod. The "secondary load short-circuited" apparantley, whatever that is.

Could this mod have somehow made my monitor short-circuit? This seems impossible but I have to ask as I'm afraid to try the mod again?

 

[slash196]

A short-circuit is a physical change. There is ALMOST no way in hell that a progam could make your monitor short circuit.

If computers have taught me one thing, it's "never say never".

 

[GhostDoggy]

Did the mod use some sort of custom resolution that might have overdriven the monitor?

 

[xtknight]

Sure you didn't just get some really stupid virus (that fakes BSODs, whatever else)? Where did you see that message? I never knew monitors showed that on their OSD.

 

[Patrick Wolf]

Originally posted by: xtknight
Sure you didn't just get some really stupid virus (that fakes BSODs, whatever else)? Where did you see that message? I never knew monitors showed that on their OSD.

Oh, no, the monitor didn't display that message, the LED blinked orange like 8 times and it said on the NEC website that that means there was a secondary load short-circuit.

 

[xtknight]

Maybe something got loose/disconnected or broke inside the monitor? The game wouldn't have caused a short circuit, at least not directly. Even if you overdid settings in PowerStrip a bit I don't think it would "short circuit" it. I think it's something mechanical that just so happened on the spot.

 

[Patrick Wolf]

Originally posted by: GhostDoggy
Did the mod use some sort of custom resolution that might have overdriven the monitor?

Nope, it defaults at 1024x768.

Ok, I'm using my secondary monior now and I tried the mod again...works fine. The monitor that short-circuited was better than this one too. So it was just a coincidence.

 

[xtknight]

Ask the people in Highly Technical forum they'll probably know what that message means and whether you can fix it yourself. Not seeing hardly anything on google about it.

 

[Patrick Wolf]

Originally posted by: xtknight
Ask the people in Highly Technical forum they'll probably know what that message means and whether you can fix it yourself.

I thought we're not supposed to ask troubleshooting problems there...

 

[xtknight]

I didn't mean troubleshooting, I meant more what the message itself actually means in terms of electrical components. But anyway this seems to be related. I think your "flyback transformer" is bad, or something like that.

http://www.kronjaeger.com/hv/hv/src/fly/

Here too:

http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_monfaq8.html

* In some cases, the pinhole or crack is an indication of a more serious
problem - overheating due to shorted windings in the flyback or excessive
secondary load.

Out of curiousity where on NEC's site did you find the diagnostic messages?

Edit: And did you notice anything at all weird prior to the blinking? Did it just shut off and do that?