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Monitor problems
Name: Shawns girl Date: March 21, 2005 at 09:59:21 Pacific OS: Windows ME CPU/Ram: 64mb
Comment:
My monitor when I turn it on, it has a thin straight horizontal line across the screen and that is all that I get. My friend thought it needed a bulb. But I have no idea, I was hoping someone could help me. If it is the bulb, how much does one cost and is it hard to put in?
Name: JackG Date: March 21, 2005 at 10:14:00 Pacific
Reply:
Costs more to replace the video tube than it would be to buy a new monitor. But that sounds more like the vertical oscillator driver circuit went out. Long time to get the parts and the labor to fix it would be more than the cost of a new monitor.
Sounds like your system is about four years old (64mb Compaq) and that is past the average three+ year life of the typical cheap display unit used by Compaq.
Shop around for a new monitor.
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Response Number 2
Name: Derek Date: March 27, 2005 at 17:46:04 Pacific
Reply:
Yep, classic frame timebase fail symptoms - new monitor time.
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