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Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 10:09 am    Post subject: Could ATI Card Have Killed My Near-New Monitor? Reply with quote

I have a system that I purpose built for audio recording. I used
a Radeon 7000 card because at the time it was known to have few
problems with recording front ends and software, plus had dual-
monitor capability.

I bought an inexpensive 17" enVision monitor to use until I
decided if I really wanted to go with large duals. Because of other
unrelated problems, I have put very few hours on the system, a lot
less than fifty, I'd say. Today, I went in to do some recording
in Cubase and left to eat breakfast. When I came back about a half
an hour later, the monitor was black and all the config LEDs on the
front of it were flashing. I powered down and went back after the
system cooled down and the monitor showed a small, squiggly screen
for a few seconds, then went black with the flashing LEDs.

I tried the monitor on my other system with the same results. It
shows the same flashing LEDs even if I power it up with no input.
It looks like it's dead, and naturally I have had it just long
enough for it to be out of warranty.

I tried the good monitor from my main system and it had video,
though the colors and screen size were not configured correctly.

Before replacing the monitor, is it possible that the card has
problems

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Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 10:26 am    Post subject: Re: Could ATI Card Have Killed My Near-New Monitor? Reply with quote

It's possible... but only if the video card tried to drive the monitor at a
refresh rate higher than the monitor can support. What refresh rate were you
using?

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I have a system that I purpose built for audio recording. I used
a Radeon 7000 card because at the time it was known to have few
problems with recording front ends and software, plus had dual-
monitor capability.

I bought an inexpensive 17" enVision monitor to use until I
decided if I really wanted to go with large duals. Because of other
unrelated problems, I have put very few hours on the system, a lot
less than fifty, I'd say. Today, I went in to do some recording
in Cubase and left to eat breakfast. When I came back about a half
an hour later, the monitor was black and all the config LEDs on the
front of it were flashing. I powered down and went back after the
system cooled down and the monitor showed a small, squiggly screen
for a few seconds, then went black with the flashing LEDs.

I tried the monitor on my other system with the same results. It
shows the same flashing LEDs even if I power it up with no input.
It looks like it's dead, and naturally I have had it just long
enough for it to be out of warranty.

I tried the good monitor from my main system and it had video,
though the colors and screen size were not configured correctly.

Before replacing the monitor, is it possible that the card has
problems

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Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 10:32 am    Post subject: Could ATI Card Have Killed My Near-New Monitor? Reply with quote

[Sorry! Previous message was truncated for some reason..]

I have a system that I purpose built for audio recording. I used
a Radeon 7000 card because at the time it was known to have few
problems with recording front ends and software, plus had dual-
monitor capability.

I bought an inexpensive 17" enVision monitor to use until I
decided if I really wanted to go with large duals. Because of other
unrelated problems, I have put very few hours on the system, a lot
less than fifty, I'd say. Today, I went in to do some recording
in Cubase and left to eat breakfast. When I came back about a half
an hour later, the monitor was black and all the config LEDs on the
front of it were flashing. I powered down and went back after the
system cooled down and the monitor showed a small, squiggly screen
for a few seconds, then went black with the flashing LEDs.

I tried the monitor on my other system with the same results. It
shows the same flashing LEDs even if I power it up with no input.
It looks like it's dead, and naturally I have had it just long
enough for it to be out of warranty.

I swapped the good monitor from my main system and it had video,
though the colors and screen size were not configured correctly.

Before I replace the monitor, is it possible that the card or card
settings could have problems that could have done in the monitor? I
can't afford to be going through these every 30-50 hours.

Is there anything in the settings or configuration that may have
contributed to this?

Is there any way I can test the card?

Or...was it just a bad monitor to begin with?

Thanks for any advice on this.

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Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 10:41 am    Post subject: Re: Could ATI Card Have Killed My Near-New Monitor? Reply with quote

"First of One" <daxinfx@yahoo.com> writes:

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only if the video card tried to drive the monitor at a
refresh rate higher than the monitor can support. What
refresh rate were you using?

I honestly don't know. I believe it was just however it auto-
configured, or however it said to set it up in the instructions.
It was some time back and I don't remember.

If this is critical, I suppose I should figure out what needs to
be done before I cook another monitor, if that in fact is what
happened.

Note that my original message was truncated for some reason; the
full message was resent.

Thanks for any help.

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Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 7:57 pm    Post subject: Re: Could ATI Card Have Killed My Near-New Monitor? Reply with quote

"DaveL" <dave1027@comcast.net> wrote in message
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You got a bad monitor. Take it back.

DaveL



Heh, with a name like "enVision", it's not really a surprise.
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Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:07 pm    Post subject: Re: Could ATI Card Have Killed My Near-New Monitor? Reply with quote

You got a bad monitor. Take it back.

DaveL


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I have a system that I purpose built for audio recording. I used
a Radeon 7000 card because at the time it was known to have few
problems with recording front ends and software, plus had dual-
monitor capability.

I bought an inexpensive 17" enVision monitor to use until I
decided if I really wanted to go with large duals. Because of other
unrelated problems, I have put very few hours on the system, a lot
less than fifty, I'd say. Today, I went in to do some recording
in Cubase and left to eat breakfast. When I came back about a half
an hour later, the monitor was black and all the config LEDs on the
front of it were flashing. I powered down and went back after the
system cooled down and the monitor showed a small, squiggly screen
for a few seconds, then went black with the flashing LEDs.

I tried the monitor on my other system with the same results. It
shows the same flashing LEDs even if I power it up with no input.
It looks like it's dead, and naturally I have had it just long
enough for it to be out of warranty.

I tried the good monitor from my main system and it had video,
though the colors and screen size were not configured correctly.

Before replacing the monitor, is it possible that the card has
problems

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