Yay... my monitor caught fire again...

Vanit · April 20th, 2004

Really, I'm getting sick of this. This is the second time my monitor has caught fire. Well technically its a different monitor since I took the previously burnt one back and got another one just like it to replace it... am I the only one seeing a trend here? I'd just like to thank the people at ViewSonic for creating such a flammable line of monitors.

Gamer1 · April 20th, 2004

I'm sorry? this is the first time i heard of monitors catching on fire on their own w/o outside help (like putting paper inside, accidentally spilling whisky in, etc)...

**kairi00** · April 20th, 2004

Holy cow...

I've had a ViewSonic for about 4 years now.. no fires yet... *knock on wood*

Radix865 · April 20th, 2004

Wow... like "busting out flames" fire? second time? wow,you really have a bad luck...

Solid_Snake · April 20th, 2004

ouch!!! at least my monitor is only getting yellowish

SnakeBite · April 20th, 2004

lol! how do you manage do do that? heh..

MaZa · April 20th, 2004

Where the hell you buy your monitors?

They are not supposed to caught fire unless they are something about 15 years old. I suggest you buy next one from reputable shop and reputable model, like Samsung (which makes excellent monitors for price) or Samtron (owned by samsung. cheaper that samsung and still excellent ones).

wise_evian · April 20th, 2004

LCD's have a less chance of bursting into flames, but alot of folks dislike them for various reasons. I know first hand that booze will light up your monitor without a second of hesitation lol.

Vanit · April 20th, 2004

I have no idea why it caught... it just started smoking so I took it outside. We bought it from a proper shop and the first time it caught we sent it back to the company itself and they sent us a new one. Maybe its a fault in the line since the same thing happened to both.

DontBeAfraid · April 20th, 2004

Maybe its not grounded properly??? Or maybe its not getting enough airflow? I know the back of my monitor gets pretty hot after a about a week of being on.

Player-X · April 20th, 2004

if you got one designed for 110V and you live in a 220V country it will definitely catch fire,it looks like you're no doing that so I am baffled on what happened,maybe you could show us some "autopsy" photos

Esturk · April 20th, 2004

I'm still using an NEC MultiSync 17" manufactured in 1994 and it hasn't blown up or caught fire yet.

Valcrist · April 20th, 2004

/me checks his shiny new ViewSonic.....

nope no problems here yet..not really even hot (been on for 3 days)

Tori-Yama · April 20th, 2004

I always have a monitor in stock for these cases.

RPGWizard · April 20th, 2004

My sister's computer's Proview monitor started smoking one day.....overheated.....that might have been what happened to yours.

wise_evian · April 20th, 2004

For huge and rather non-new monitors its a good practice to shut them off during your sleep. Unless your mesmerized by your screensaver i see you reason to leave it on anyway. You can run process' without your monitor on, you can download without your monitor on, you can even play music while your monitor is off to help you sleep like i do. Also shutting down the monitor at night conserves electricity, and I believe huge monitors can consume a nice supply of electricity.

bahamut_2006 · April 20th, 2004

My cheap Dell monitor is a few years old, but it does well. It does let off a large amount of heat though, but im not really worried about it. It isnt all that great on refresh rates though.

Vanit · April 21st, 2004

We're conservtive on power and I already knew that the monitor doesn't need to be on in order for the computer to work. And I checked the scene of the spontaneous smoking and it doesn't look like there was any reason to overheat. But anyways monitors are designed so that they can run nonstop for long periods of time (perpetually). Anyways the monitor I'm using now is approximately 15-20 years old and its in perfect condition and I rather like it since it still has dials for changing the position of the screen rather than the annoying 2 buttons and a giant menu. Infact we're out of decent monitors now because a different one of ours caught fire a few months ago

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DontBeAfraid · April 21st, 2004

Maybe you got little bugs crawling in and burning up...... Seriously how can so many monitors just light up like that?

Vanit · April 21st, 2004

It leaves an interesting smell, I can tell you that. Anyways me and my dad decided to try a flat screen monitor since there isn't much to catch fire...

April 20th, 2004	#1 (permalink)
Vanit Heretic Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Australia! Posts: 2,701	Yay... my monitor caught fire again... Really, I'm getting sick of this. This is the second time my monitor has caught fire. Well technically its a different monitor since I took the previously burnt one back and got another one just like it to replace it... am I the only one seeing a trend here? I'd just like to thank the people at ViewSonic for creating such a flammable line of monitors. __________________ Click here to download my Sin and Punishment English translation.

April 20th, 2004	#2 (permalink)
Gamer1 Anti-Brand Loyalist Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Its too dark to tell... Posts: 3,237	I'm sorry? this is the first time i heard of monitors catching on fire on their own w/o outside help (like putting paper inside, accidentally spilling whisky in, etc)... __________________ Iris: (Proc:Intel Pentium4 2.8Ghz w/ HT UNLOCKED @ 15x200) (Mobo: Asus P4C800-E) (RAM: Corsair XMS 2x512MB DDR400) (HDD 1: Seagate 80GB, 8MB Buffer, 7200 RPM) (Disk Drive 1: Lite-On 16x DVD Burner 1673S) (GFX Card: Radeon 9800 All-In-Wonder Pro 128MB) (Sound Card: Sound Blaster Audigy) Morrigan: (Proc:AMD Athlon 2500+ @ 11x200) (Mobo: Asrock K7V88) (RAM: Corsair XMS 512MB DDR400) (HDD 1: Seagate 80GB, 8MB Buffer, 7200 RPM) (Disk Drive 1: NEC 16x DVD Burner 3200AG) (GFX Card: Radeon 920064MB) (Sound Card: Sound Blaster Live! 5.1)

April 20th, 2004	#3 (permalink)
kairi00 Puchiko-nyu! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: 49° 11' N 123° 10' W Posts: 2,854	Holy cow... I've had a ViewSonic for about 4 years now.. no fires yet... knock on wood __________________ "Not every ejaculation deserves a name." --- George Carlin

April 20th, 2004	#5 (permalink)
Solid_Snake On Stand-by Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: find it in Asia Posts: 667	ouch!!! at least my monitor is only getting yellowish __________________

April 20th, 2004	#6 (permalink)
SnakeBite Single Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Norway Posts: 667	lol! how do you manage do do that? heh.. __________________ This is my new improved sig.

April 20th, 2004	#4 (permalink)
Radix865 Filled with anger! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Finland, just below arctic circle. Posts: 1,718	Wow... like "busting out flames" fire? second time? wow,you really have a bad luck...

April 20th, 2004	#7 (permalink)
MaZa !!!METAL UNCLE!!! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Finland Posts: 1,949	Where the hell you buy your monitors? They are not supposed to caught fire unless they are something about 15 years old. I suggest you buy next one from reputable shop and reputable model, like Samsung (which makes excellent monitors for price) or Samtron (owned by samsung. cheaper that samsung and still excellent ones). __________________ Athlon XP 2600+ Barton, 1GB 333mhz DDR RAM, NVidia 6800GT, 2x160GB HD + gainward 3d glasses :fart:

April 20th, 2004	#8 (permalink)
wise_evian Banned Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 292	LCD's have a less chance of bursting into flames, but alot of folks dislike them for various reasons. I know first hand that booze will light up your monitor without a second of hesitation lol.

April 20th, 2004	#9 (permalink)
Vanit Heretic Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Australia! Posts: 2,701	I have no idea why it caught... it just started smoking so I took it outside. We bought it from a proper shop and the first time it caught we sent it back to the company itself and they sent us a new one. Maybe its a fault in the line since the same thing happened to both. __________________ Click here to download my Sin and Punishment English translation.

April 20th, 2004	#10 (permalink)
DontBeAfraid Banned Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 142	Maybe its not grounded properly??? Or maybe its not getting enough airflow? I know the back of my monitor gets pretty hot after a about a week of being on.

April 20th, 2004	#11 (permalink)
Player-X Banned Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: From Kuching in Malaysia now stuck in Houston Texas Posts: 9,110	if you got one designed for 110V and you live in a 220V country it will definitely catch fire,it looks like you're no doing that so I am baffled on what happened,maybe you could show us some "autopsy" photos

April 20th, 2004	#12 (permalink)
Esturk Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,957	I'm still using an NEC MultiSync 17" manufactured in 1994 and it hasn't blown up or caught fire yet. __________________ Necrosaro: Windows XP Pro x64 Edition SP2 \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 4MB L2 Cache \| Asus P5K Deluxe, Intel P35 Chipset, Socket 775 \| 4GB Kingston PC5300 DDR2 \| Nvidia GeForce 8800GT, 1024MB \| Creative SB X-Fi Fatality Edition \| Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD, 150Gb, SATA, Western Digital WD5000AAKS, 500GB, SATA \| LG 16x DVD-RWx2 SATA.

April 20th, 2004	#13 (permalink)
Valcrist Resident Mac User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: (Hicksville Florida) Posts: 1,447	/me checks his shiny new ViewSonic..... nope no problems here yet..not really even hot (been on for 3 days) __________________ \| Athlon 64 3200+ \| ASUS 6600GT \| 1 GB Dual Channel \| 20 GB Windows XP \| 100 GB Ubuntu \| 120 GB Storage \| \|14" iBook G4 1.33Ghz\|512 MB\|Radeon 9200\|60GB OSX Tiger\| >--Visit my blog--< http://blog.efx2.com/user/Tim

April 20th, 2004	#14 (permalink)
Tori-Yama Jyushi Bismark Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 2,555	I always have a monitor in stock for these cases. __________________

April 20th, 2004	#15 (permalink)
RPGWizard Dreaded Similitude Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: -----> Over there Posts: 989	My sister's computer's Proview monitor started smoking one day.....overheated.....that might have been what happened to yours. __________________ [size=-2][center] [url=http://blog.efx2.com/index.php?uid=1204]sig too big, please refer to the new sig regulations

April 20th, 2004	#16 (permalink)
wise_evian Banned Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 292	For huge and rather non-new monitors its a good practice to shut them off during your sleep. Unless your mesmerized by your screensaver i see you reason to leave it on anyway. You can run process' without your monitor on, you can download without your monitor on, you can even play music while your monitor is off to help you sleep like i do. Also shutting down the monitor at night conserves electricity, and I believe huge monitors can consume a nice supply of electricity.

April 20th, 2004	#17 (permalink)
bahamut_2006 AMD Join Date: May 2002 Location: Iredell, Texas, USA Posts: 779	My cheap Dell monitor is a few years old, but it does well. It does let off a large amount of heat though, but im not really worried about it. It isnt all that great on refresh rates though. __________________ Primary rig: AMD Athlon 64 3700 (2.2 Ghz) San Diego core\|2 GB Corsair DDR 400 ram\|ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe mobo\|512 MB eVGA GeForce 7950GT\|Primary HD: 300 GB Maxtor\| Secondary HD 200 GB Western Digital HD\|Aspire X-Dreamer II case w/550w Antec PSU\|Sony DVD-Rom\|Sony DVD-RW\|19" Sceptre LCD\|4.1 Surround Sound\|Runnin on Windows XP Pro SP2

April 21st, 2004	#18 (permalink)
Vanit Heretic Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Australia! Posts: 2,701	We're conservtive on power and I already knew that the monitor doesn't need to be on in order for the computer to work. And I checked the scene of the spontaneous smoking and it doesn't look like there was any reason to overheat. But anyways monitors are designed so that they can run nonstop for long periods of time (perpetually). Anyways the monitor I'm using now is approximately 15-20 years old and its in perfect condition and I rather like it since it still has dials for changing the position of the screen rather than the annoying 2 buttons and a giant menu. Infact we're out of decent monitors now because a different one of ours caught fire a few months ago . __________________ Click here to download my Sin and Punishment English translation.

April 21st, 2004	#19 (permalink)
DontBeAfraid Banned Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 142	Maybe you got little bugs crawling in and burning up...... Seriously how can so many monitors just light up like that?

April 21st, 2004	#20 (permalink)
Vanit Heretic Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Australia! Posts: 2,701	It leaves an interesting smell, I can tell you that. Anyways me and my dad decided to try a flat screen monitor since there isn't much to catch fire... __________________ Click here to download my Sin and Punishment English translation.

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