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My 17″ LCD monitor just died

Posted by Gary King on July 24, 2006
Categories: computers

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My BenQ T701 17″ LCD monitor just died this morning. I turned on my computer and my monitor, and the display showed the desktop for one second, and then it went black. I tried it on another computer, and it didn’t work there, either. So now my monitor is being sent to BenQ, courtesy of CompuSmart (which was where I bought the monitor.) It should take about 3 weeks, and hopefully not any longer. I’m forced to work with my Samsung SyncMaster 151s 15″ LCD now, which I took from my Windows XP computer.

I suppose that my monitor dying now is a better time than never, since I’ll be away in Europe for a week and a bit in a few days. Once I return, WWDC will have taken place, and I’ll then be able to make my final decision on which MacBook to buy for university in September.

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  1. Addamn Monday, July 24 2006 at 7:35 pm EDT #

    How old was your broken monitor?

  2. Gary King Monday, July 24 2006 at 8:05 pm EDT #

    Adam,

    It was only a year old, which is the strange part. My 15″ is 3 years old, and it’s still fine. I’m thinking that the problem with the 17″ must be with the power supply for it.

  3. David Monday, July 24 2006 at 9:29 pm EDT #

    It was your Mac Mini’s fault. Too much Apple-ness for your monitor.

    Get a Dell notebook, the XPS M1210. It’s lighter and costs the same as a comparable MacBook.

    http://ca.geocities.com/large_cerebrum1

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