-
We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.
My old monitor died... seemed to explode
- Thread starter Atlantean
- Start date
obiwaynekenobi
Golden Member
you know people say that, but I have a hard time buying it.
I've pushed my refresh rate up to 120 Mhz on a monitor which I know didn't support it. and I have never once expirenced any kind of damage to my monitor
That is a load of crap, unless the guy had a monitor over 10 years old.
Monitors haven't been built without auto-shutoff when given an out-of-range sync rate since the early 90s.
My 17" monitor has been running at the limits of its sync range for 8 years now. (1920x1280x70 currently, lower resolutions with higher refresh in games, occasional 170Hz refresh for movies).
ReiAyanami
Diamond Member
my dad had an old skool 17" crt monitor that was 4 years old before the discoloration got so crapped out we threw it away. did 'splode or anything but we had a 3 year old PSU from fry's that went boom. avoid the generic PSUs...
A cap probably bit the dust.
My monitor is over 4 years old and has been on nearly 24/7 for those 4+ years. Heh. It had a 3 year warranty. The monitor I had before this one had a 1 year warranty and bit the dust after 14 months.
I'll buy a new one when it dies. It's an ADI ProVista 15". 😛
My monitor is over 4 years old and has been on nearly 24/7 for those 4+ years. Heh. It had a 3 year warranty. The monitor I had before this one had a 1 year warranty and bit the dust after 14 months.
I'll buy a new one when it dies. It's an ADI ProVista 15". 😛
Siddhartha
Lifer
Arcing?
Originally posted by: isekii
Originally posted by: Linux23
a 17" monitor at 1920x1280. sure.
lol yea i call bs
a 17" at 1920x1280 that's 8 years old ?
Maybe your eyese are the ones that is doing 1920x1280 from droppin E
Believe it or not, it does it just fine. And was in the $250-$300 range back in 1995.
Maybe you are used to silly low amounts of desktop real-estate from LCDs which have a long way to catch up?
I put a screenie from my 17" cranked up to 1920x1440 online here
Note the specs read from EDID in powerstrip (plug & play data). This IS an old Goldstar 78i. What the monitor tells PnP is its maximum resolution of 1280x1024 and max horizontal scan of 80Hz is obviously wrong, as evidenced by the video mode used in the screenshot. The EDID (PnP data) is NOT the specs/monitor INF file I use. I had powerstrip create a custom INF based on what I experimentally determined to be the real limits.
Oh I was one year off on the age, PnP says it was built in the first week of 1996.
Don't know why it says 18" in PnP, yet if you figure out the diagonal from the 330x250mm horizontalxvertical that it tells you, that works out to 16.234" viewing area.
Note the specs read from EDID in powerstrip (plug & play data). This IS an old Goldstar 78i. What the monitor tells PnP is its maximum resolution of 1280x1024 and max horizontal scan of 80Hz is obviously wrong, as evidenced by the video mode used in the screenshot. The EDID (PnP data) is NOT the specs/monitor INF file I use. I had powerstrip create a custom INF based on what I experimentally determined to be the real limits.
Oh I was one year off on the age, PnP says it was built in the first week of 1996.
Don't know why it says 18" in PnP, yet if you figure out the diagonal from the 330x250mm horizontalxvertical that it tells you, that works out to 16.234" viewing area.
WinkOsmosis
Banned
I read this as "My old mother died... seemed to explode"...
alkemyst
No Lifer
Originally posted by: glugglug
Originally posted by: isekii
Originally posted by: Linux23
a 17" monitor at 1920x1280. sure.
lol yea i call bs
a 17" at 1920x1280 that's 8 years old ?
Maybe your eyese are the ones that is doing 1920x1280 from droppin E
Believe it or not, it does it just fine. And was in the $250-$300 range back in 1995.
Maybe you are used to silly low amounts of desktop real-estate from LCDs which have a long way to catch up?
Why don't you post the model name and number? Let us judge 😉 I may have bought 1920x1280x50hz or something, but 70...flicker-free at that high-res?
So basically your going over the manufactures specs. My 17inch LCD can do 1600x1200 out of spec, but I wont run it at that res. I dont want to lower the life time of the monitor. But if you can push your monitor for that long.. its pretty damn good. My old KDS 17" would die within an hour.
TRENDING THREADS
-
Discussion Zen 5 Speculation (EPYC Turin and Strix Point/Granite Ridge - Ryzen 9000)- Started by DisEnchantment
- Replies: 25K
-
Discussion Intel Meteor, Arrow, Lunar & Panther Lakes + WCL Discussion Threads
- Started by Tigerick
- Replies: 25K
-
Discussion Intel current and future Lakes & Rapids thread- Started by TheF34RChannel
- Replies: 24K
-
-
