BTW, what is 17" a measure of? The screen is about 16.25", and the whole monitor is about 18.5." Did they just arbitrarily choose a number??
Biggles<font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
It's a measure of the tube. The actual viewable area of a CRT tube is usually nearly an inch less. If, on the other hand, you buy a 17" LCD display, 17" is what you will get.
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by the_exile [/i]
[B](My monitor is giving my SYSTEM FAILURES, so we're buying a new one... 19", prolly, maybe LCD) [/B][/QUOTE]
Erm... system failures from a monitor? Or are you talking about monitor failures? If the latter, then yeah, get a new monitor; if the former, then check to be sure that basic physics is still working correctly.
Nope, we thought the monitor was doing it (it's possible), but we discovered that Asus motherboards have a known (and stupid) problem: processor heatsinks press too tightly on when clamped down, causing the CPU to not function properly. My PC works fine now that I turned it on it's side and unclamped the heatsink. Now I just gotta sand it down and get some Arctic Silver, and it's as good as (almost) new.
Biggles<font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
That's a known problem? I've been using Asus boards for years (currently with an AMD 2600) and I can't say I've ever had that problem. It seems a bit odd that simply pressing down on the CPU causes it to malfunction. I could understand cracking the core, but not pressure.
I've never once heard of that. Now, I've heard of cheap or stupidly designed heatsinks pressing tightly, but the sockets are all identical, from one manufacturer to another, so any problem is with the heatsink.
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Morden
17" monitor. Not even an option.
BTW, what is 17" a measure of? The screen is about 16.25", and the whole monitor is about 18.5." Did they just arbitrarily choose a number??
(My monitor is giving my SYSTEM FAILURES, so we're buying a new one... 19", prolly, maybe LCD)
[B]Will it have a shift key that functions correctly? [/B][/QUOTE]
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[B](My monitor is giving my SYSTEM FAILURES, so we're buying a new one... 19", prolly, maybe LCD) [/B][/QUOTE]
Erm... system failures from a monitor? Or are you talking about monitor failures? If the latter, then yeah, get a new monitor; if the former, then check to be sure that basic physics is still working correctly.