Re: A sick computer monitor

["Bernard G. Cleyet & Nancy Ann Seese" <georgeann@REDSHIFT.COM>]

It does much more than keep the clock going.  At least for Macs.  It maintains the PRAM, if not more.  On some models, if something "disturbs" the PRAM, the computer "dies."  To resuscitate, one must
remove the batt. and press the reset button for a while, then replace the batt.  I got a 7250 server a few years ago for a song, because the owner (media services at UCSC!) didn't know this.  I bought
it for just the expensive multiscan monitor, and tried this before I was going to throw it away.

bc

P.s. In your case, did the HD start up when the batt. was dead?  If not, one can assume the computer had died.  Monitors' guns are biassed off with no input, so dead appearing monitor may mean dead
computer, alive monitor.

Hugh Haskell wrote:

> > I was under the impression that only the main unit has
> > a Li battery, not the monitor. Will read the manual
> > before deciding that the big monitor used for 4 years is
> > not worth repairing; the initial cost of this AV unit was
> > close to 1k$. Thanks for the hint.
> > Ludwik Kowalski
> The battery I referred to is the one on the mother board that keeps
> track of the date and time when the computer is off. I'm not sure
> what the connection is, but when that battery fails, you get no
> picture at all. It's pretty scary if you've never experienced it
> before, but both times I've had it happen, it was just that battery
> and changing the battery fixed the monitor problem. It doesn't sound
> like your problem has anything to do with the battery, though. I like
> the diagnoses given by the others. They make more sense.
>
> Hugh
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>
> Hugh Haskell
> <mailto://hhaskell@mindspring.com>
>
> Let's face it. People use a Mac because they want to, Windows because they
> have to..
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