Is This My Graphics Card Or Monitor
(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)Posted by: TARPD
my monitor keeps clicking like its switching resolutions, until it doesnt turn on anymore. if i turn it off for a few minutes it will be ok for 10 minutes. ive used the good old hand thermometer and nothing seems to be overheating
Posted by: atiVidia
underclock ur gpu a bit
Posted by: TARPD
ive swapped monitors with my mums and it seems ok, so i think it was the monitor. we took it apart and cleaned it. now im gonna see if it works any better
Posted by: RGX
You took apart your monitor?
Is it a CRT?
I assume you knew where the caps and their connectors were, otherwise you could have badly electrocuted yourself even if unplugged. Monitor caps hold their charge for months, one wrong move and bang.
Posted by: TARPD
yes it is CRT, but its ok. im superman :01:
Posted by: RGX
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?s=&...20&pagenumber=1 (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=273720&pagenumber=1)
And that guy was very lucky, read the whole thread for horror stories.
Posted by: TARPD
well it still seems to work
Posted by: TARPD
i just read that thing. i knew about the charge so i was cautious anyway. didnt know it was that bad, i stuck tweezers in the mains once but i didnt need to go to hospital
Posted by: RGX
"To help scare any one from doing anything stupid remember that anything plugged in can kill you. If you touch the wrong place without knowing it, even by slipping, and make the right contact you are going to complete the circuit straight from the outlet. Remember this that if you complete a circiut from an outlet or touch a high powered capicitor or transformer you will have at least 5 amps running through your body. 5 amps has enough potential power to instantly make your heart explode, flash boil your blood, collapse your brain, and start to slowly melt your skin. Your skin doesnt burn. It starts to melt. So the next time anyone decides to open a TV, computer power supply, monitor, car amp, anything of the such remember that and leave it to the people that know what there doing."
Supercaps are dangerous things, sounds like you were lucky :).
Posted by: TARPD
doesn't turning your monitor on without plugging it in at least reduce this current?
Posted by: TARPD
:angry: FFS its started again :angry:
Posted by: RGX
I dont think so, no. Supercaps are highly effecient. If you want to get it de-charged, you can try putting a screwdriver across the contacts (NOT RECCOMENDED, as someone in that thread pointed out, caps have enough power to melt the screwdriver)
Or you can take it to a local PC shop. Or leave it for a year :lol:
Posted by: gungrave
get a new screen or take ur mums and keep it :D
Posted by: reTARPD
its only 15" mine is 17" im thinking of getting a 20" but they start getting expensive after 17"