What do you do if your Moniter craps out on you? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Crack · 02-13-2004, 05:33 AM

Whatever you can until you get a new one...

Before:

After:

Crack · 02-13-2004, 05:34 AM

Notice all the Buffy the Vampire Slayer...um...crap. My wife is entranced with this show...go fig.

Redjake · 02-13-2004, 05:43 AM

What do you do if your monitor craps out on you?
<img src="http://www.appstate.edu/~jt52439/destruction020.jpg">

That's what I did.

sailor · 02-13-2004, 07:13 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Redjake
What do you do if your monitor craps out on you?
<img src="http://www.appstate.edu/~jt52439/destruction020.jpg">

That's what I did.

Personally, I would have chosen the good old scattergun

meembo · 02-13-2004, 11:52 AM

what are floppies on the wall in the first pic?

ToolBag · 02-13-2004, 12:04 PM

are those speakers?
Creative speakers I think

meembo · 02-13-2004, 12:36 PM

Of course! D'oh! They still look like floppies, I think

Crack · 02-14-2004, 04:08 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by ToolBag
are those speakers?
Creative speakers I think

right O... 3.1 surround sound...

User Name · 02-14-2004, 07:00 AM

Is the resolution on the TV good enough to read size 10 fonts easily?

Crack · 02-14-2004, 09:25 AM

Looked pretty good to me using just an S-video cable...

lite campfire · 01-11-2005, 06:38 PM

('tis always better to ressurect an old thread then start one on the same topic, right?)

Sooo, my old moniter crapped out (I have a new one now), and I like taking apart electronic stuff (Amp, speakers, several old car radios, coffee grinder, VCR, cordless phone, printers, probably a bunch of other stuff I've forgotten).
Moniters have scary voltage running through them though, and I've heard the capacitors can hold a charge for a long time (it's been unplugged for about a month now).
Is there any way to drain all the nastyness out so I can partake of dissasembaly without killing myself?
I don't have any sort of professional electronic dealies (multimeter, soldering iron, <insert thing I've never heard of>)

Hardknock · 01-18-2005, 09:33 PM

Get another one. I personally don't buy into the "I have to have a flat screen like the jonses" crap. Get a huge 21' monitor for around $200.

pie_man · 01-22-2005, 07:31 AM

You'll need to open up the casing and discharge the beefy looking capacitors inside to be safe. If you forget to discharge the capacitor, your finger may become the discharge path. You only make this mistake once! Discharging capacitors is as simple as creating a short circuit between the two terminals and from each terminal to ground. This can be done safely with a well insulated screwdriver.

BoCo · 01-22-2005, 08:22 AM

FHM: Pull Here>

Yeah, we know where yer pullin, buddy.

wolf · 01-22-2005, 01:57 PM

Plant stand?

LutherMac · 01-27-2005, 02:36 PM

Okay, I know it won't work in this day and age, but years ago, I had my monitor go out on my old 386. I used to run a BBS, and literally for nearly 2 months, I ran it with my "Print Scrn" key!! I'd do something, hit print screen.... print out what I was doing. Type a little more. Repeat. Was very tedious, and with a dot matrix printer... damn loud too.

02-13-2004, 05:33 AM	#1 (permalink)
Crack Misanthropic Location: Ohio! yay!	What do you do if your Moniter craps out on you? Whatever you can until you get a new one... Before: After: __________________ Crack, you and I are long overdue for a vicious bout of mansex. ~Halx

02-13-2004, 05:34 AM	#2 (permalink)
Crack Misanthropic Location: Ohio! yay!	Notice all the Buffy the Vampire Slayer...um...crap. My wife is entranced with this show...go fig. __________________ Crack, you and I are long overdue for a vicious bout of mansex. ~Halx

02-13-2004, 05:43 AM	#3 (permalink)
Redjake I'm a family man - I run a family business. Location: Wilson, NC	What do you do if your monitor craps out on you? <img src="http://www.appstate.edu/~jt52439/destruction020.jpg"> That's what I did. __________________ Off the record, on the q.t., and very hush-hush.

02-13-2004, 11:52 AM	#5 (permalink)
meembo Junkie Location: Connecticut	what are floppies on the wall in the first pic? __________________ less I say, smarter I am

02-13-2004, 12:04 PM	#6 (permalink)
ToolBag Insane Location: Chicago	are those speakers? Creative speakers I think __________________ Jesus was a ruffies victim! Dan 3:20

02-13-2004, 12:36 PM	#7 (permalink)
meembo Junkie Location: Connecticut	Of course! D'oh! They still look like floppies, I think __________________ less I say, smarter I am

02-14-2004, 07:00 AM	#9 (permalink)
User Name Banned Location: Urf	Is the resolution on the TV good enough to read size 10 fonts easily?

02-14-2004, 09:25 AM	#10 (permalink)
Crack Misanthropic Location: Ohio! yay!	Looked pretty good to me using just an S-video cable... __________________ Crack, you and I are long overdue for a vicious bout of mansex. ~Halx

01-11-2005, 06:38 PM	#11 (permalink)
lite campfire Crazy	('tis always better to ressurect an old thread then start one on the same topic, right?) Sooo, my old moniter crapped out (I have a new one now), and I like taking apart electronic stuff (Amp, speakers, several old car radios, coffee grinder, VCR, cordless phone, printers, probably a bunch of other stuff I've forgotten). Moniters have scary voltage running through them though, and I've heard the capacitors can hold a charge for a long time (it's been unplugged for about a month now). Is there any way to drain all the nastyness out so I can partake of dissasembaly without killing myself? I don't have any sort of professional electronic dealies (multimeter, soldering iron, <insert thing I've never heard of>)

01-18-2005, 09:33 PM	#12 (permalink)
Hardknock Republican slayer Location: WA	Get another one. I personally don't buy into the "I have to have a flat screen like the jonses" crap. Get a huge 21' monitor for around $200.

01-22-2005, 07:31 AM	#13 (permalink)
pie_man Upright	You'll need to open up the casing and discharge the beefy looking capacitors inside to be safe. If you forget to discharge the capacitor, your finger may become the discharge path. You only make this mistake once! Discharging capacitors is as simple as creating a short circuit between the two terminals and from each terminal to ground. This can be done safely with a well insulated screwdriver. __________________ just plain wrong.....

01-22-2005, 08:22 AM	#14 (permalink)
BoCo Fear the bunny Location: Hanging off the tip of the Right Wing	FHM: Pull Here> Yeah, we know where yer pullin, buddy. __________________ Activism is a way for useless people to feel important.

01-22-2005, 01:57 PM	#15 (permalink)
wolf Ravenous Location: Right Behind You	Plant stand? __________________ Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as Gods. Cats have never forgotten this.

01-27-2005, 02:36 PM	#16 (permalink)
LutherMac Crazy Location: St. Louis, MO	Okay, I know it won't work in this day and age, but years ago, I had my monitor go out on my old 386. I used to run a BBS, and literally for nearly 2 months, I ran it with my "Print Scrn" key!! I'd do something, hit print screen.... print out what I was doing. Type a little more. Repeat. Was very tedious, and with a dot matrix printer... damn loud too. __________________ Always remember that you are unique... just like everyone else!