a few closeups

[Greebe]

I doubt it. One thing alot of vendors (Dell, Gateway, HP etc) have done to increase profit is have the OEM omit components, specifically features and or safety circuitry. Sadly it's normally the latter

[Marshmallowman]

Its a optiquest v95 moniter, a dead ringer for a viewsonic with a similar model number...in fact the monitor profile file the monitor was on the viewsonics site.

But yes I do think they skimped a bit on the PSU side of things...

Its a great monitor , but when we bought a pair (8-9 years ago) one kept dying (well not dying, just would not come out of standby)

They got sick of fixing it and replaced it with a slightly later trevision...that one has been rock solid.

But this one did not exhibit this problem until a few years ago(out of warranty), probably because it was kept on a UPS.

Picture quality and colour wise it is great, but the PSU part definitely has a design fault..

PS Power supply in Perth is not the best, brown outs, blackouts and infrequent glitch are not uncommon. Which just happen toi coincide with when the moniters develop faults

PPS did replace the diode with a similar power diode

[GuchiGuh]

Marshmallowman, ever had huntsman spiders staring at you when you wake up in the early morning??
It is SOOO DAMNN FRIGGEN SCARY!!!!

[Marshmallowman]

A couple of years ago I was woken in the middle of the night with A big one crawling over my chest...went from completly asleep to wide awake in about one and a half seconds.

More suprise than anything I suppose.

Those particular spiders have a bit of an attitude. If you try to pick them up on something so you can fling them outside they will invariably charge at you.

But I quite like them...they go around eating all the other spiders

[GuchiGuh]

Ever got bitten before?
I've been bitten by a house spider before, but that was during my sleep. I just saw two bite marks on my arm the next morning and a house spider dangeling from the roof....