Monitor dying! please help!

[daveleau]

hey there

My monitor is a Gateway EV700 (17"). it has begun to dimm to an ugly shade of purple. I can turn it off and back on and it is fine. I know this is probaby a sign of immenent death /forum/frown.gif. Is there anything I can do to prolong it's life?

I disabled my power saving features in my BIOS and turn off the monitor when my system is not being used (by anything but RC5). Please let me know.

thanks a bunch- Dave

[kwai]

is it still under warranty? gateway was real nice the one time i had to call them for a monitor return.

otherwise... use your remaining monitor life to research a good new monitor. /forum/smile.gif

p.s. - i wouldn't open up the monitor if i were you. they can carry a lethal voltage and the capacitors will hold it for awhile even after its been unplugged.

[This message has been edited by kwai (edited 10-10-99).]

[Underclocked]

If it is out of warranty and you have another, good monitor CABLE around, try installing it. (Assuming that's within your level of skills). Just make sure the pin/connectors are the same. A faulty cable/poor cable connections can produce some strange video.

[daveleau]

/forum/smile.gif Change the cable? Is there a how-to for that? /forum/smile.gif Thanks for the advice. I haven't tried that yet even though I should have. Thanks.

[daveleau]

Well, actually I thought my monitor had a detatchable cable. It doesn't. I will trya new one though.

[dawgtuff]

Sounds like one of your color guns is bad.If you live near a large city,repair shops will fix it for around $80.However,they may say it's beyond repair and charge you $35-40 service charge.Take your chances.....DawgTuff.

[daveleau]

WOOHOO!!!!!
Gateway is GREAT! It is still unbelievably under warranty and they are shipping a new one within a week- for free! I couldn't find any of my info since I sold the original CPU that the monitor went with. Now they are taking care of it! I have not said this before because I thought I overspent, but now I love Gateway!

[alondra]

Its a shame we live in a throw away society. today. I have a monitor, (I replaced it) that tumbles , on the old TV set we would have adjusted the verticle hold, now due to a part that probably costs a buck or two, the whole thing goes to an already overflowing land fill. costs to much to fix it. /forum/frown.gif

[Underclocked]

I made that suggestion because I recently had a very nice monitor go purple on me. I thought the green gun had failed, but it turned out to be only the cable.

[xtant]

Does gateway sell refurb equipment like dell and sony? I see a lot of places doing that- hopefully dave's dying monitor will become someone else's replacement.

[daveleau]

I found out my monitor will be refurbed (only fair I guess). I assume they will either replace the gun or cable and send mine out too. It shouldn't hit the landfill. /forum/smile.gif