OT - Computer problems

Suicide Junkie · #1 October 9th, 2001, 02:12 PM

Well, first thing is to check your monitor & cable.
If you can't find any physical damage, such as bent pins & whatnot, try plugging it into a friend's computer.
If the monitor works fine, it could be your video card.

Lemmy · #2 October 9th, 2001, 03:50 PM

i had the same problem a while ago, only my problem was with blue.
My warranty wasn't expired yet so i returned it to the manufacturer and got a new one.

Like SJ said, if the monitor works fine with another computer, it could be your video card, if it doesn't work fine, it's broken.

So you don't necessarily have to get a new computer

Instar · #3 October 10th, 2001, 01:12 AM

Adjust the connector a little. That could get it to work (the connector on the back of the computer)
If not, then do whats already been said too.

Deathstalker · #4 October 10th, 2001, 01:33 AM

Hit it....rEEEly hard...

this worked with my Commadore 64!!

(then again, I did go through about 7 or 8 of them!)...Currently I just curse at my computer when it does things I don't like...my fiance of course just laughs, except when it rEEE-boots on her....

dumbluck · #5 October 10th, 2001, 01:59 AM

grrrrr..... Anyone know why an antique excuse for a computer would suddenly decide to stop displaying any greens of any sort. Kinda makes it hard to see how many organics you are producing, as well as my personal shipset (which happens to be all green!!!) in 3 PBW games. Well, ok, I'm about to be eradicated from one of the games, but still....

Any advice would be appreciated (about the computer problem, not the imminent PBW loss. Although some help in that area probably wouldn't hurt, either...)

Oh, and before you say "get a new computer", let me just say that that doesn't exactly fit into the family budget at this time....

dogscoff · #6 October 13th, 2001, 01:17 AM

Sounds like the gfx card -> monitor cable to me. Give it a jiggle and see if that has any effect on the image. You should be able to get a new cable for a small amount of money, unless it's on of those ones that can't be disattached to the monitor.

Let us know how you got on.

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jimbob55 · #7 October 13th, 2001, 05:29 AM

Check advanced video properties to make sure you haven't turned off/ down the green part of the signal.

You probably need to take the monitor to a repair shop. I've seen this problem with a monitor not showing red. I've seen another system where the red would intermittantly go off, a 14 mile car trip fixed it and then broke it when we were bringing it back home. It's something to do with the electron gun (or some similar doohickey) and timings. It's fixable, but only by someone who knows.....
Getting it fixed will cost as much as a new monitor these days, so either way you get a monitor that works.
Of course, if wiggling the cable or hitting it really hard work, all the better.

tesco samoa · #8 October 13th, 2001, 03:41 PM

so how is it going dummluck.

Any progress

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dumbluck · #9 October 14th, 2001, 07:47 AM

Progress? well........

It kind of fixed itself. While I was using it!!!! The green just .... came back. No flicker, no nothing. It didn't do it at the same time as the screen saver came up or went down, and the computer was just sitting there as I was typing an email. And Poof! The Computer Gods reached down, and my computer was miraculously fixed!

Wierd. Very wierd. Man, I gotta get a new computer. Do you know how hard it is to tell how many organics are on a planet when you can't see any greens?

Lemmy · #10 October 15th, 2001, 08:30 PM

nice to see your problem is solved dumbluck, now i got a problem with my modem.

I formatted my hard drive and reinstalled everything today, because programs kept crashing.
But somehow my modem doesn't want to work anymore, it installed properly, but when i try connect to the internet, it doesn't respond.
It really doesn't make sense, because i changed nothing about the modem.

On a somewhat related note, win98 sees my floppy drive as a PCI Comunication device which needs drivers to run properly. The floppy drive works ok now
any ideas on this ?

i'm on a laptop now, with a 800x600 screen

and the battery is pretty low, so i'll stop now