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Article #3669Re: A VR299 monitor with a magical cover! WHY?
From: Alan's Home for Wayward Notes Fi...
Date: Fri, 17 May 1991 18:54
Date: Fri, 17 May 1991 18:54
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In article <6150@mit-caf.MIT.EDU>, jarvis@mit-caf.MIT.EDU (Jarvis Jacobs) writes: > > PROBLEM: The VR299 monitor seems to fail on several occasions. > The monitor is completely dark and blank, e.g. no cursor. > > THE SOLUTION: > > We have found that removing the VR299 monitor's plastic > cover reactives the monitor. > This is just a guess of course. Perhaps the monitor is overheating and there is a temperature sensor that's turning it off. By taking the cover off the heat dissipates and the sensor turns everything back on. Another possibility is that the cover is constricting some component or causing a short circuit. Taking the cover off removes the problem. The problem does sound suspiciously mechanical. > > WHY: Could you give me a scientific reason > why the DEC's plastic cover affects the VR299 operation? Apply the laws of thermodynamics... > jarvis > > ____ ____ * jarvis@caf.mit.edu * \____|||____/ -- Alan Rollow alan@nabeth.cxn.dec.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!pa.dec.com!shodha.enet.dec.com!alan From: alan@shodha.enet.dec.com ( Alan's Home for Wayward Notes File.) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: A VR299 monitor with a magical cover! WHY? Summary: A wild guess. Message-ID: <3165@shodha.enet.dec.com> Date: 17 May 91 18:54:05 GMT References: <606@felix.Sublink.Org> <6150@mit-caf.MIT.EDU> Organization: Digital Equipment Corp. - Colorado Springs, CO. Lines: 35