lcd fried but old crt works?? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

high_jinx · 08-12-2010, 12:09 PM

i run an older p3 hp pavillion on a geforce 7600gs agp card. i had a westinghouse 2201 lcd the last couple years that went out last week.

troubleshot it and turned out my computer booted up fine on my parents old 15" bubble crt, so figured it's my monitor. i dropped some big bucks for me this week on a new gateway fhd 2401... and it worked perfectly that first night.

then yesterday after noon i got home, booted up, and the same garbled waves of pixels (kind of shimmering white waves) showed up before my westinghouse went black, and now the new gateway lcd even does that when i plug it in the wall by itself!

the weird thing is that i re-attached the old crt monitor again and presto, perfectly works.

so wth? is my card blowing these lcd's? can that happen? and how can an old crt be unaffected but lcd's blow?? are my lcd's beyond repair now?

Shadowex3 · 08-12-2010, 01:52 PM

Try the LCD's on another comp. Also are you using different connectors to plug in the LCD and CRT?

high_jinx · 08-12-2010, 01:57 PM

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Try the LCD's on another comp. Also are you using different connectors to plug in the LCD and CRT?

yup i did that. borrowed my folks older pc and tried to hook it up with vga plug. i'd switched to dvi on mine.

here's a pic. disregard the photo flash on the right.

Cynthetiq · 08-12-2010, 02:44 PM

your AGP card is past it's time. It's AGP fer crissakes!!!!

okay okay enough of the snobbery.

LCD's are much more delicate that CRTs. That's why it takes a buttload of abuse to kill them.

I would think that perhaps you are over driving your monitor. While your video card can go to the higher LCD rates, you may not have enough power in your power supply to actually do it consistently and smoothly. That's my guess without any other information.

08-12-2010, 12:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
high_jinx Psycho Location: venice beach, ca	lcd fried but old crt works?? i run an older p3 hp pavillion on a geforce 7600gs agp card. i had a westinghouse 2201 lcd the last couple years that went out last week. troubleshot it and turned out my computer booted up fine on my parents old 15" bubble crt, so figured it's my monitor. i dropped some big bucks for me this week on a new gateway fhd 2401... and it worked perfectly that first night. then yesterday after noon i got home, booted up, and the same garbled waves of pixels (kind of shimmering white waves) showed up before my westinghouse went black, and now the new gateway lcd even does that when i plug it in the wall by itself! the weird thing is that i re-attached the old crt monitor again and presto, perfectly works. so wth? is my card blowing these lcd's? can that happen? and how can an old crt be unaffected but lcd's blow?? are my lcd's beyond repair now? __________________ -my phobia drowned while i was gettin down.

08-12-2010, 02:44 PM	#4 (permalink)
Cynthetiq Tilted Cat Head Administrator Location: Manhattan, NY	your AGP card is past it's time. It's AGP fer crissakes!!!! okay okay enough of the snobbery. LCD's are much more delicate that CRTs. That's why it takes a buttload of abuse to kill them. I would think that perhaps you are over driving your monitor. While your video card can go to the higher LCD rates, you may not have enough power in your power supply to actually do it consistently and smoothly. That's my guess without any other information. __________________ I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not. What's the best nation in the world? DO-NATION!