[Gllug] My monitor just went splat !

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Will have to see what samsung say.
It was fine yesterday - just turned off as per normal...
No indication of failure - no smell, no funnies on screen.

Any recommendations for nice new one ?
This one had a good bandwidth, so 1800x1400 was smooth.

/Anthony./

Pavel Bradut Boghita wrote:

>well, out of the box or in the box, Samsung should really do the honourable 
>thing and replace your monitor (they would have a 1 year parts 1 year labour 
>warranty on their product and as long as it is a genuine Samsung product they 
>should honour their warranty commitment)
>If when it went splat, you saw everything converging in a bright spot in the 
>middle of the screen then the news is not good.
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>On Friday 04 October 2002 10:00 pm, you wrote:
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>>Thanks for the empathy !
>>
>>Tried unplugging for a while, power out et al. nothing comes on
>>the screen - not even the menu. I think I will leave it off over night
>>and see how it is tomorrow.
>>
>>Tried swapping with an old 15" which I had on xinerama. Cables
>>and card work fine.
>>
>>Thing is it was sold out of box - at a discount ! so I am not sure about
>>warranty. I always seem to loose the paper work ! It is only say 12
>>months old to me.
>>
>>/Anthony/
>>
>>Pavel Bradut Boghita wrote:
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>>>if you unplug, leave it for a while and then turn it on again what
>>>happens? nothing,nothing ?
>>>Also I assume that you cannot get the onscreen menu for the monitor
>>>either... or can you?
>>>I had a similar problem with my Dell 17" monitor, luckily it happen a
>>>month before it's 3 year warranty expired, so Dell gave me a brand new
>>>replacement. I would also test your graphics card with a working monitor.
>>>
>>>On Friday 04 October 2002 9:30 pm, you wrote:
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>>>>Hey people,
>>>>I usually just read the [GLUG] traffic...... but
>>>>I switched on my machine today and my pride 19" Samsung monitor
>>>>had a black-screen-of-death. Can't get anything on the screen.
>>>>I checked all the cables/cards etc - all the easy stuff.
>>>>The little coloured LED at the front tells me it is seeing a signal
>>>>but...
>>>>
>>>>Any ideas ? don't tell me to turn up the brightness [already tried that
>>>>:) ]
>>>>
>>>>Tell me they weren't serious about that warning in the XF86 manual !
>>>>It was running below maximum resolution, but pushing the bandwidth
>>>>I guess....
>>>>
>>>>Help ! - anyone need their washing done - need cash pronto !
>>>>
>>>>/Anthony/
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