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Re: Broken monitor - who can fix this?

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From: Do H Yin
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 00:00
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So, what did you do about it?  Fix it or dump it?


On Tue, 03 Oct 2000 10:47:38 GMT, packer@clark.net (Charles Packer)
wrote:

>In article <03phts89cp2vep6q623537mn494tn7gem1@4ax.com>, Do H Yin wrote:
>>It's a 17" I bought about 3 years ago for I think over $600.  Now I
>>can buy a comparable 19" for half that.  Maybe I should just by a 19"
>>and dump the 17".  Connections are fine, when I try to power up the
>>power-on light flickers and there's a clicking noise, but no picture.
>
>Interesting. My Nanao 17" monitor did that this past weekend
>when I turned it on after it had been off briefly following a
>two-hour session. I'm guessing that the CRT filament blew. It
>was five years old...but there was no clue that anything was
>about to happen; the picture had been like new up until the
>moment it busted. I paid $900 for it in 1995; it was
>considered one of the best available.
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From: Do H Yin <doyin@surfree.com>
Subject: Re: Broken monitor - who can fix this?
Date: 2000/10/03
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