[tech] cephalopod and monitors

[mitch at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au]

Lets say the screen was dead... Would we still have thrown it out?

If it has sentimental value Then it probably shouldn't have been left  
at UCC. I Understand it was donated, And with that you give up all  
rights to complain that it was thrown out if it dies.

I can understand this being different for something like a VAX2 etc,  
But this was a CRT Monitor, An old one of that, And seeing how may  
others we have laying around I'm on Bob's side for this one. If it was  
deemed dead and others agreed then its better in the bin than in the  
clubroom taking up space that people could be using for things like  
Projects or leg room.

Mitch

Quoting "Anil Sharma <Grand Poobah Maset>" <maset at ucc.asn.au>:

> I'm amazed that people didn't mention that we throw stuff out at clean ups.
>
> We've all suffered through having shitty equipment clogging th  
> clubroom, but the reason we hold off just ditching it any old day of  
> the week is for reasons such as below.
>
>
> On Mon, 3 Aug 2009, Alex Dawson wrote:
>
>> Bob,
>>
>> After buying it in 2001 with money from her grandmother's will,  
>> using it for several years, my wife donated that monitor to UCC.  
>> The monitor did that unless it had hsync. It had been repaired once  
>> and they forgot to turn that feature off in a new IC that was  
>> installed. We never made an issue of it, remembering to turn it off  
>> when we turned the computer off.
>>
>> If the computer it was connected to had problems, there would be no  
>> hsync, and of course it would just display "burn in". Yes, it's  
>> kinda annoying, but you should have tested it with another computer.
>>
>> So basically, by my reading, UCC threw out a working monitor we  
>> donated. Thanks.
>>
>> Kinda glad I didn't leave my media PC there now.
>>
>> On 03/08/2009, at 7:32 AM, Bob Adamson wrote:
>>
>>> Ok, time to clear some things up on the tech front, as there seems  
>>> to be some misinformation floating around about monitors, and  
>>> lingering questions as to what was/has been done to Cephalopod  
>>> (aka problematic end computer).
>>>
>>> 1. When I got to Cephalopod, all that would show up was a white  
>>> screen with the words 'burn in' showing. This message showed no  
>>> matter what computer the screen got plugged into, even when the  
>>> screen wasn't plugged in, and a cable problem was ruled out. The  
>>> screen menu wouldn't show up either. A google of the symptoms  
>>> returned nothing. Conclusion: the screen is broken, and Rufus can  
>>> confirm this. The screen sat under a table for four days before it  
>>> was decided by numerous people that it should be chucked out. I  
>>> did not personally throw it in the skip, but I agree with the  
>>> decision. I have since been informed that I should have left this  
>>> to committee to do, my apologies, I didn't know. This is the ONLY  
>>> monitor I had ANYTHING to do with throwing out today, and I had  
>>> nothing to do with the monitors that were later switched and  
>>> (maybe) thrown out.
>>>
>>> 2. Once I knew I had a working monitor, though the process of  
>>> elimination I came to the conclusion that the Cephalopod  
>>> motherboard was screwed/fried, and subsequently switched it out  
>>> for another that was floating around the club room. Today I  
>>> finished doing that by putting some thermal paste under the heat  
>>> sink.
>>>
>>> 3. Once the Cephalopod hardware was finally working, I booted it  
>>> only to find that there were additional software problems, please  
>>> see the email from zanchey (below) regarding the current status of  
>>> that.
>>>
>>> I think that's everything covered, sorry for the lengthy email but  
>>> the misinformation was bugging me.
>>> Bob
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "James Andrewartha" <trs80 at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>
>>> Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 6:19 PM
>>> To: "David Adam" <zanchey at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>
>>> Cc: <tech at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>
>>> Subject: Re: [tech] (no subject)
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 3 Aug 2009, David Adam wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 3 Aug 2009, bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au wrote:
>>>>>> btw, "problematic end computer" is having issues loading  
>>>>>> windows, and > won't
>>>>>> let anyone log on to ubuntu. As I have NO IDEA how to fix this,  
>>>>>> could > someone
>>>>>> else please do it?
>>>>>
>>>>> To give some more detail: when you try and boot the Windows partition, it
>>>>> reboots just before getting into graphical mode (i.e. just after loading
>>>>> mup.sys). Probably needs a repair install at least, and possibly a total
>>>>> reinstall.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Ubuntu problem has been fixed: it wasn't mounting /home  
>>>>> because Ubuntu
>>>>> loads NFS mounts when eth0 comes up; thanks to udev.rules stupidity there
>>>>> was no eth0.
>>>>
>>>> #ucc Wednesday 29 July around 2pm:
>>>> <bob> oh, and the far end computer in the common room is fixed  
>>>> --> nuked screen and motherboard
>>>> <trs80> bob: can you email tech at ucc with the details?
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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