KnockOnWood

Ok, thanks for your help, Schrullenhaft and Dunnee. Yes, I knew it had some issues before i bought it, but it was dirt cheap so it felt like I had nothing to loose. Like I said earlier its at least better than nothing as long as I dont try to do anything complicated with it.

Thanks for your quick answer, Schrullenhaft, even if it wasnt any good news . Just one other thing i wanted to ask. Do you think this could have something to do with the cable between the monitor and the computer? Reason I ask is that I dont think its the original one and this one seems a little unlike the one I have on my other computer. Maybe I should add that I never seen this monitor work properly, I bought it at a garagesale(didnt cost me more than a pack of cigarettes so its not the end of the world if I dont get it up and running). At least my girlfriend can use it to play The Sims so that I can use The Good Computer to play my "important" games .

Hello, people! I have got some wired problems with my monitor and would appreciate if someone could help me out here. The thing is that whenever there is something red on the screen it appears like it was "smeared" out like lipstick or something, it kind of looks like if I have used the "smudgetool" from photoshop on, for example, my desktop icons. I have tried the monitor on three different computer setups(all three of them with different kinds of graphicscards)so it seems like its something wrong with the monitor and not the software? I have tried using the Adobe Gamma thingy from the controlpanel to calibrate the monitor but nothing seems to work it out. Does anyone know what could be the problem? Is it maybe time to put the poor thing to sleep or is it something i can work out? (god, i cant afford another monitor!). If you got ANY ideas about a possible solution, please tell me and I would be forever grateful! Hmm...forgot to mention that it sometimes showes white areas as pink too...and the screen is always exceptionally dark. [ 05-08-2001: Message edited by: KnockOnWood ]

Do you think I could sue them? Seriously...thanks for the warning, I'll remember that in case I install halflife anytime in the future.

Im sad, very sad. Just when my CMBO started to feel, sound and look the way I wanted, with all mods, scenarios and soundfiles installed, I accedentially DELETES the goddamn directory when trying to uninstall Halflife, of all games... I guess I have to start over from the beginning again. Next time I'll back up the directory to both harddrives AND burns the BMP, scenario and soundfiles to a disc! Just wanted to share my sadness with somebody, and my girlfriend could never understand the state im in. :mad:

very nice!