[Novalug] incredibly stupid monitor

[Beartooth]

On Mon, 12 May 2008, Ed James wrote:

> My gut tells me the lady doesn't know beans.  Of course, I 
> could easily be wrong.  I doubt the age of the computer 
> matters, but that the video driver and type of video card DO 
> matter.  Now, if your vid chipset is part of the mobo, then 
> that might well be a problem, but I'm still behind the tech 
> curve on this.  Anyone here running like a P-III that supports 
> the wide screen monitors, and did you need to choose wisely 
> your vid card?

 	First off, she never said anything would get fried (nor 
did I); only that the new monitors wouldn't work with older PCs. 
And she did mention some sort of card; what I know of electronic 
cards would go in a gnat's eye.

 	All three on my desk were built for me by my electronic 
friend who owns Lserv.com; I've just heard from him, and the 
oldest should be OK with at least a somewhat bigger monitor. It 
seems Staples carries square monitors, and we have one here now; 
I'll go look tomorrow. (I have a bum knee at the moment (old 
athletic injury), which doesn't like clutch pedals; but Jo'll be 
home with her automatic shift, and the Staples is near the store 
that carries heavy-duty knee braces.)

 	I may end up keeping a backup against the next 
catastrophic LCD failure ...

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Beartooth Gerontoflatulocrat,
Cantankerous Codger
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