It's a ProView 464 (or 483, or 400 something) monitor that someone threw away.
I took it home and tried it out, and it worked, except for a slight red tinge.
I tried adjusting it with the color button, but couldn't navigate the adjustment.
After 4 attempts to download a Users Manual, I finally found a forum post that said it didn't work well with Windows Vista.
In an unclear moment, it seemed to stop working, although the LED "ON" light was flashing.
In frustration, I literally "pulled the plug", without disconnecting it from the PC first.
The PC was still powered on.
As I unplugged it, I saw a tiny spark at the 110 outlet, as the plug prongs were coming out.
I'm guessing I fried something, because now it won't do anything.
It has an AC Adapter, and I plan to test that later today.
The PC still works fine, with another monitor.
So my question is: "Did my haste in unplugging it while it was still hooked up to the PC cause it to crash?"
I've repaired several flat screen monitors over the years, and I usually find bad capacitors.
Would the action of unplugging it while it still hooked up to a live PC cause that?
Thanks for reading.
Gary
I took it home and tried it out, and it worked, except for a slight red tinge.
I tried adjusting it with the color button, but couldn't navigate the adjustment.
After 4 attempts to download a Users Manual, I finally found a forum post that said it didn't work well with Windows Vista.
In an unclear moment, it seemed to stop working, although the LED "ON" light was flashing.
In frustration, I literally "pulled the plug", without disconnecting it from the PC first.
The PC was still powered on.
As I unplugged it, I saw a tiny spark at the 110 outlet, as the plug prongs were coming out.
I'm guessing I fried something, because now it won't do anything.
It has an AC Adapter, and I plan to test that later today.
The PC still works fine, with another monitor.
So my question is: "Did my haste in unplugging it while it was still hooked up to the PC cause it to crash?"
I've repaired several flat screen monitors over the years, and I usually find bad capacitors.
Would the action of unplugging it while it still hooked up to a live PC cause that?
Thanks for reading.
Gary