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JoeYoung
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Turning on my laptop Friday morning, I came face-to-face with a nasty surprise.
The LCD screen resembled little more than TV static.
I borrowed an external monitor from one of my older PC assembled from random parts, and the display worked properly, it was reasoned by me and someone on #tcpa that there was some sort of damage to the LCD controller.
I'm not sure what happened, it never got dropped or anything. Fortunately, besides that, it worked properly, so I backed up all my data into an external hard drive so nothing was lost. (for those interested, it was a compaq presario f750us)
Since most the time I ever get to use this is out on the road or at a friends (I'm rarely at home), it has lost its usability for me. Unfortunately, t will take time for me to get a new computer, so I will not be online a while.
I might still do some sprite work occasionally, but most of my projects will be put on hold for a while, so apologies to anyone waiting on Pokemon. I'll still come here sometimes, when it's convenient, so I won't be GONE-gone. Hopefully, I'll be able to afford a new computer soon. |
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darkstone knight
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it can be worse
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the oil moves over time  |
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Graphmastur
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| Posted: 19 Sep 2009 05:25:50 pm Post subject: |
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darkstone knight wrote: it can be worse
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the oil moves over time
I laughed and then cried at the fate of that computer. A friend's TI was dropped, and the entire screen wen't blue with a crack that expanded outward like a fractal. It was awesome... |
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benryves
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| Posted: 19 Sep 2009 05:49:09 pm Post subject: |
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| eBay is a good place to find replacement LCD panels for a laptop. They should be pretty easy to swap out (in some cases you can just swap the lids). |
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hotdog1234
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| Posted: 19 Sep 2009 05:51:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Ouch, sorry to hear that |
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JoeYoung
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| Posted: 19 Sep 2009 05:55:42 pm Post subject: |
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benryves: believe me, i searched all over for replacements, but came up empty :(
hotdog: I'll message you about tiles later, this is gonna set me back a bit :/ |
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ztrumpet
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| Posted: 20 Sep 2009 01:42:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Good luck metagross. |
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hotdog1234
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| Posted: 21 Sep 2009 04:07:24 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: hotdog: I'll message you about tiles later, this is gonna set me back a bit :/
Take all the time you need with those tiles. The only request I have is, if you have the belthium crystals tile finished, I will need that tile asap, otherwise, I have no problem with making my own.
In the meantime, I was planning to make some tile sets myself, so I'll work on my own tile set (space) to test the program with.
Good luck!
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JoeYoung
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| Posted: 26 Sep 2009 01:18:56 pm Post subject: |
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ok, I feel a bit silly, but i turned on my laptop today and the screen worked?
WTF
In any case, I still intend to get a newer computer anyway, but as I am bored right now I am going to work on that crystal tile. |
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