o jolly joy.

[ceagle]

After nearly 2 years, in December I was wide-eyed when my laptop screen suddenly went blank (bought it in Jan 2002). I thought maybe it had overheated. I let it rest for the night. Seemed okay the next day.
Then a couple months later, it did it again, in combo with a freeze, so I started using a book underneath it to dissipate heat.
No more probs until today, and it keeps going out over and over (4 times now in one day, twice after only 3 or so minutes, so that can't be heat now) at seemingly random moments. :< Maybe a loose wire? *wings over eyes and shakes head*

Now I wonder if it's just the screen itself getting wonky and needing replacement. *sigh*

I tried using the TV monitor adapter as a workaround, but the resolution is nearly useless for really doing anything but watching a video.
Guess I'd better get the monitor adapter and try that... and... consider getting the screen looked at. *shrugs feathers... sigh*

Word up, if I'm chattin', as rare as that is, and go silent, it probably just means I can't see the screen, and have to restart or try the sleep/unsleep method, which still can take about a minute. And restart takes at least 3 minutes.

*meep*

Anyways, that's the haps from the talon perch.
Best Wishes, and I hope your computables are doing much better.... C.

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[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

*meep*... yeh... it can be a drag to be living in a throw-away world now, where things don't last as long as before. Sure there were a few exceptions. It's nice to have TVs that don't need new tubes all the time, but many other things are just shabby.
We still have the Sony Hi-Fi system my dad bought in Japan in the mid 60s, and it still works like a charm. And our appliances from the 60s all worked perfectly when they were replaced 'em during remodeling a few years back also.
Our fridge is only four years old now, and Whirlpool doesn't even make the replacement shelves any more! (one of them broke a few months ago, and we had to have one custom made to fit).

Oy!