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LCD Monitor horizontal lines

Name: Anonymous 2006-06-05 22:10

About 2 weeks ago, I posted here asking about my LCD monitor (Samsung SyncMaster 570S tft), which begun to show horizontal lines that scrolled up (and down) the screen for a short while after startup.  Well, it's gotten alot worse now.  Before it was only for a few minutes after powering on the monitor.  Then it was late at night too.  Then it became nearly constant, but they went away if I changed the refresh rate.  Then it became constant unless I changed the resolution.  Now the horziontal line flickering is constantly on my screen, and it makes reading things hard and playing games nearly impossible.  Changing the image lock, or any other monitor settings, does not help.  I won't have a job until next month, so I wont be paid until the following month, at best, so buying a new monitor, even a cheap CRT, is out of the question.  So I ask you, is there anything I can do, other than suffer through this for the next month and a half?  I know that CRT monitors are not supposed to be opened, as they hold an electric charge for a long time, but does the same prohibition stand for LCDs?  Would I even be able to fix anything by opening this thing?

Thanks

Name: Anonymous 2006-06-05 22:32

go to goodwill and see if you can get a functional monitor for $10 which is an amout you can easily borrow, steal, or whore yourself out for.

Name: Anonymous 2006-06-05 23:26

No good.  Cheapest monitor in town is 100 fucking dollars.

Name: Anonymous 2006-06-06 3:42

>>1
* You *can* open CRTs if you're careful.
* LCDs don't have the large capacitors CRTs use, so you can safely open them (don't touch the backlight inverter while it's on though!), but...
* You won't be able to fix anything inside an LCD without specialist knowledge and equipment.

Name: Anonymous 2006-06-06 6:27

>>4
specialist knowledge and equipment
...which costs more than a brand-new one.

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