I went over to my Dentists place to clean out their computer (which I had built for them) and they pulled out this pipe from their Dental chair which they said was used to blow compressed air - so they blew a bit of air inside the case and handed me the pipe to clean the Display card which I had in my hand - I pressed a button on the gizmo and WATER came flying out of this pipe - there were 2 buttons on the pipe one for air and one for water. They did not tell me that. The display card was full of water !!! :O
I immediately dried out as much water as I could with my hanky and they gave me a hair drier which I used to dry out the water from under the chips. We left the card for a day in an AC room and the next day the card was dry and worked fine - worked fine for a month - now a month later the display on the system goes blank for a few seconds and comes back on - this happens every few minutes. There are no system lock ups or rebooting only blanking of the screen. I presume this is a delayed reaction of the water on the display card..... right ??
The problem is that I am now bed ridden and cannot go to their clinic so I have to tell them on the phone what is to be done. They use this computer as an X-Ray machine for their Dental work so it has to be fixed fast. If people here agree with my conclusion that it is a display card problem then I will ask them to think about getting a cheap new one - I can ask some dealers to send me the card home and get the computer to my place and fix it - but I must be sure before I do this.
If I dont do this soon can you imagine how much pain they will give me the next time I go for dental work.... :O
I immediately dried out as much water as I could with my hanky and they gave me a hair drier which I used to dry out the water from under the chips. We left the card for a day in an AC room and the next day the card was dry and worked fine - worked fine for a month - now a month later the display on the system goes blank for a few seconds and comes back on - this happens every few minutes. There are no system lock ups or rebooting only blanking of the screen. I presume this is a delayed reaction of the water on the display card..... right ??
The problem is that I am now bed ridden and cannot go to their clinic so I have to tell them on the phone what is to be done. They use this computer as an X-Ray machine for their Dental work so it has to be fixed fast. If people here agree with my conclusion that it is a display card problem then I will ask them to think about getting a cheap new one - I can ask some dealers to send me the card home and get the computer to my place and fix it - but I must be sure before I do this.
If I dont do this soon can you imagine how much pain they will give me the next time I go for dental work.... :O