... because I had to.
Someone said our custom-built desktop computer's hardware and parts have a useful life of four to six years, and then, you'll either have to upgrade or replace something. That was six years ago (2008). He was right.
The motherboard died last year. Useful life: five years. We replaced it with Gigabyte A75M-UD2H and upgraded the memory and processor.
Last week, on June 26, the bottom display of the AOC 16" widescreen monitor went bad. The bottom 1/3 of the display was covered with a white, not-totally opaque row where image changes rendered in slow motion.
Did it look like that at startup? Yes.
Take a screenshot (print screen button) and paste it on Paint, is it still there? No.
Definitive test: We hooked it up to another machine and the white row did not disappear -- the monitor is shot. Useful life: 6 years.
Go and buy a new one. The recommendation? HDMI for higher resolution (min. 1080p) AND buy an HDMI cable too because it doesn't usually come with the monitor. NOTED. I added these:
Went to Festival Mall in Alabang yesterday for new monitor-shopping. The good computer shops are on the 3rd level at the end of one wing, close to the elevator on that end. It's the wing on your right if you're coming in from entrances behind the mall. Don't make any turns to where the smaller shops are. From the elevator, the way curves a little to the right and there they are - PC Express and PCWorx!
PCExpress was a bust. The smallest monitor in stock with HDMI was a Samsung 24". No, thanks.
The bigger PCWorx was next door. There it was, displayed at the entrance, my second choice Samsung S22D390H 21.5" with everything on the list + tilt feature. SOLD (cost me 7,590 pesos). Does it come with an HDMI cable? No. Do you sell one? Yes. SOLD (1.8 meters and cost me 350 pesos). My first choice was the previous version daw so this is better!
Bought a WiFi all-in-one printer (with fax, copier, scanner, mobile printing) for the house too. An HP 4645e series B4L10B. They already installed the ink cartridges (black and tri-color) and tested it at the store. I set it up at home. Entered correct settings and turned it off-on so it will save it OK. Printing over WiFi worked flawlessly. We are good.
Someone said our custom-built desktop computer's hardware and parts have a useful life of four to six years, and then, you'll either have to upgrade or replace something. That was six years ago (2008). He was right.
The motherboard died last year. Useful life: five years. We replaced it with Gigabyte A75M-UD2H and upgraded the memory and processor.
Last week, on June 26, the bottom display of the AOC 16" widescreen monitor went bad. The bottom 1/3 of the display was covered with a white, not-totally opaque row where image changes rendered in slow motion.
Did it look like that at startup? Yes.
Take a screenshot (print screen button) and paste it on Paint, is it still there? No.
Definitive test: We hooked it up to another machine and the white row did not disappear -- the monitor is shot. Useful life: 6 years.
Go and buy a new one. The recommendation? HDMI for higher resolution (min. 1080p) AND buy an HDMI cable too because it doesn't usually come with the monitor. NOTED. I added these:
- LED (low power consumption)
- 21.5" (anything wider will not fit in the old, framed computer table)
Went to Festival Mall in Alabang yesterday for new monitor-shopping. The good computer shops are on the 3rd level at the end of one wing, close to the elevator on that end. It's the wing on your right if you're coming in from entrances behind the mall. Don't make any turns to where the smaller shops are. From the elevator, the way curves a little to the right and there they are - PC Express and PCWorx!
PCExpress was a bust. The smallest monitor in stock with HDMI was a Samsung 24". No, thanks.
The bigger PCWorx was next door. There it was, displayed at the entrance, my second choice Samsung S22D390H 21.5" with everything on the list + tilt feature. SOLD (cost me 7,590 pesos). Does it come with an HDMI cable? No. Do you sell one? Yes. SOLD (1.8 meters and cost me 350 pesos). My first choice was the previous version daw so this is better!
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| Samsung S22D390H (stock photo) |
Bought a WiFi all-in-one printer (with fax, copier, scanner, mobile printing) for the house too. An HP 4645e series B4L10B. They already installed the ink cartridges (black and tri-color) and tested it at the store. I set it up at home. Entered correct settings and turned it off-on so it will save it OK. Printing over WiFi worked flawlessly. We are good.
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