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10-13-05, 08:04 AM
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Admiral
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Something strange is going on. Need help.
Ok, at first I thought my monitor was dying. A few days ago it looked like the left and right edges of the display would "bulge" in a little. It would be rather fast, but enough to make you scratch your head. Today I turn the computer on, and right from the initial boot-up the display looked weird. I could still make it out, but weird. When I finally got into Windows (XP Pro with SP2) I went to open Firefox. When it loaded, the computer froze. I pushed the reset button and all seems to be fine now. I hope nothing is wrong, but if it is I hope it is just the monitor. What else could it have been?
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10-13-05, 08:33 AM
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Legend of the Sea
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What you are describing is most definitely caused by UFOs!
They have been cruisin about the Michigan area lately (they like to disguise themselves as Goodyear blimps!) The UFOs are equipped with a special ray gun.. if you get hit by the ray.. you will not remember ever seeing the UFO! (pretty cool huh!?) So.. if you have never seen a UFO.. you prolly see em all the time! 
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10-13-05, 09:36 AM
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Ocean Warrior
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Magnet close to your monitor?
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10-13-05, 10:47 AM
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Navy Seal
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It could be your video card.
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10-13-05, 10:53 AM
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Admiral
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10-13-05, 11:16 AM
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Legend of the Sea
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Actually.. except for the "freezing up" part, it sounds more like your monitor is having a problem with certain resolutions.. but a monitor failing or in the process of failing would not cause the computer to "freeze"..
So.. you'll just have to hope that the symptoms dont come back.. and if they do try to figure out what is going on. PS "freezing" usually has to do with memory probs. |
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10-13-05, 11:26 AM
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Engineer
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Speaking of UFOs....
You don't want to know what they're hiding in that giant tire down I-94! 
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10-13-05, 12:24 PM
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10-13-05, 01:52 PM
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10-13-05, 01:53 PM
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Ace of the Deep
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dual post...ack
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10-13-05, 06:05 PM
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Linear Mode
