Big Monitor Scare. (HP L2335) (Wireless/GSM interference ?!?!?)

Wow,

A few minutes ago the most scariest thing happened, it was amazing and
unbelievable.

I just saw a movie about a nuclear submarine and a mutiny.

After the movie was over I went to my computer... and the monitor was
completely black, no screener saver, no nothing.

I can't remember if the monitor was in sleep mode (orange led) or just on
(green led)

It probably was in sleep mode indicated by the orange light.

So I moved my mouse, nothing... happened... I could hear harddisks being
active but the screen didn't come on.

So I touched some keys on the keyboard, nothing happened... I tried
control-alt-delete and enter multiple times. I could hear a windows beep
from the soundblaster... but the screen didn't come on.

The green light was burning, but the monitor stayed black.

I didn't know what to make of it, some thoughts that went through my mind:

1. Did the pc crash again ? Seems unlikely... it seems the pc is still
active.

2. Is a hacker hacking the computer ? Hmmm.

Then I started to get worried about the monitor itself.

I was like "ok.... I'll just turn off and on the monitor and the screen will
come up as always".

So I try to turn off the monitor... and then I try to turn it on again.

BUT:

The monitor DID NOT TURN ON again ?!

I WAS LIKE: "WTF ?"

Then I was like: "Ok I know this monitor has button issue's... I probably
didn't press it good enough (I already tried a couple of times)

I was like: "Ok, maybe the monitor or the system needs a little bit of
unused long time/delay to come on".

So I press the power button of the monitor again... and again and again and
again:

NOTHING.

The monitor stays out.

I was like: "Oh my god... what is this shit ?"

Then I was like:

"Ok, I'll just do a reset and then everything will be fine... maybe windows
just hang and caused the monitor to somehow freeze up or so."

So then I do a reset.

Still nothing ! The monitor remains dead... even after pressing the power
buttons multiple times.

Now I start getting scared...

I think ok maybe the pc is bad and causes the monitor not to come on...
maybe some kind of power issue.

So I completely turn off the pc.

Now I try the monitor again:

NOTHING, THE MONITOR REMAINS COMPLETELY DEAD.

Ok

Now I am really starting to get worried:

I am like: "Oh my god... this is unbelievable ?!?!"

I am like: "Oh my god... this is unbelievable ?!?!"

I am thinking to myself: "Please don't tell me my monitor died cause them my
confidence in electronics is gonna hit rock bottom !?!?".

Now comes the most strange part, I am not sure that I actually did this
because it makes little sense... but I think I did do this:

I pull the power cable from the power box extension.

I plug it back in into the same slot.

NOTHING.

THE MONITOR REMAINS DEAD.

I am like: "Oh my god, what the fuck ?"

I am like: "Oh my god, don't tell my 1000 euro monitor is dead ?!?!?!"

I am like: "Ok this is impossible ?!"

I kinda knew it must be something weird with the power box.

So I pull the power cord of the monitor again and I pull the plug of the PC.

And I switch the plugs.

But before doing so... I blow off ALL DUST and FLUFFY STUFF that was inside
it.

Now I put the monitor power cable back in.

I push the power button of the monitor:

BINGO.

Green light is burning and the monitor's little status window is floating
around.

I am like:

"Thank GOD !!!"

I am like:

"Oh my god, how weird ?!?!? and totally unbelievable ?!?!".

So now I plug in the PC power cord... and boot up etc..

And now everything is working fine again.

THIS IS DEFINETLY THE WEIRDEST THING EVER.

Now it's anybody's guess what the hell happened.. but here goes some of my
possible explanations:

1. Somehow the software of the HP L2335 FROOZE UP COMPLETELY. Only a power
loss could restore it ?!?!

2. Somehow the pc hardware made it frooze.

3. Somehow windows software made it frooze.

4. Maybe the power plug was slightly loose... I checked that... but it
really wasn't the case... so that's really weird... and when I pressed on it
it didn't come back on... so really weird.

5. Something weird happened with the power box/extension/distributor.

6. Maybe somebody hacked into my monitor's software... my favorite
explanation lol... highly unlikely... but if true that would be spectacular
LOL. But just a fun explanation I think

7. Maybe monitor getting flawky ?

8. Aliens attacking my hardware

9. Goverment attacking my hardware with beams ?

10. Wireless/gsm interference ?!?!

The monitor never behaved this way... so it's something strange and very
very very very very rare.

The software bug in monitor sounds plausible... but why would it happen now
?

What kind of condition would cause it to freeze up ?

It would be interesting if HP could check the software to see if there is a
bug in it.

Now let's assume... there is not a bug in the software... because so far it
has never happened before ?!?!

Then there must be another explanation...

One could say: Just random failure of some part of the electronics... maybe
a transistor got stuck or so... I never heard of such a thing so this could
be just fantasy....

Finally I start to wonder if this is because of Wireless/gsm interference.

I have noticed such things on speakers...

They warn about such events occuring on aircraft.

So I think explanation 10. Is highly plausible and likely !

Think about it like so:

If even intergalactic gamma rays could disrupt cpu's... then gsm's/wireless
could probably disrupt electronics.

I live in a pretty big city for my country size... in the heart of the
city... such at least 5 to 10 wireless networks activity... and probably
lot's of gsm activity from all the people in the city etc.

This is definetly a bit worrieing for me....

I hope people see the danger of wireless and gsm's and simply ban it or so !
:P

I don't use that stuff anyway... way too risky.

Now suppose that radio interference is really to blame....

Then one could start wondering... how could radio interference screw up
other bussinesses and people.

To thinks come immediatly to mind:

1. Medical equipment: I just hope that they are designed to take radio
interference. (Probably difficult to do ?)

Maybe hospitals have thick walls to prevent this kind of event happening...
and maybe gsm's are banned in hospitals ?!?

2. Banks:

What the hell would happen if this happened to bank account software...

Well big banks probably have data centers etc... but they also have other
devices connected to it...

So the question becomes... what kind of interference and event could still
cause some kind of weird but spectacular malfunction that turns out nasty
for the bank and maybe positive for the customer or maybe vice versa ?!

My final conclusion:

If my theory is correct and my monitor malfunctioned because of
interference... then this is definetly something that people will have to
think about better... because as more and more wiresless stuff is deployed
it could become a nasty problem ?!

Ok maybe this one crash doesn't matter.. but then again... what if car
systems start malfunctioning ? or nuclear facilities...

Or all kinds of stuff have electronics in it nowadays ?!

People beware !

Bye,
Skybuck.

One last possible explanation:

11. Fly in monitor.

The last couple of days I had some flies in my house and even fly cocoons
?!?! <- BAH !

Maybe the one fly left in my house crawled into the monitor and caused it to
malfunction.

I checked the monitor it has little sleaves which might be big enough for a
fly to crawl under it... but the fly would have to squeeze itself through
it... why would the fly want to go into the probably cooled down monitor ?
Doesn't sound very believable to me but ok...

I am not sure if the fly went into it... I don't think so... but I cannot
deny this possibility.

So there ya go !

Bye,
Skybuck.

Oh yeah I forgot one:

12. Maybe all the dust and fluffy stuff had anything to do with it....
Probably not... but I want all theories
recorded

Bye,
Skybuck

Hmm two more possibilities:

13. The movie contains a special signal which disrupts equipment by
accident.

14. The movie contains a special signal which disrupts equipment on purpose.

I can vaguely remember weird things happened last time I saw that movie...
am I being crazy ?

I don't know... I used hotmail in the past as main account.. unfortunately
stupid outlook express didn't archive them in outlook express

So I probably lost one year of messages or so... I did a quick search but
it turned up nothing... later I will search some more...

But I do know something happened last time I saw that movie... I am not sure
what happened... maybe it's nothing.

But this could be an interesting story:

The movie could be interesting for army/submarine personal... so they watch
it...

If they play the movie inside a submarine... the submarine may go haywire


Bye,
Skybuck.

On Aug 10, 4:51 pm, "Skybuck Flying" <BloodySh...@hotmail.com> wrote:
nothing really.

1. Try another monitor.

2. With a flashlight, turn on your monitor (LCD?). If you see a very
faint outline of your windows, maybe your fluorescent backlight burned
out. Have it repaired. If you do it yourself you will likely
electrocute yourself.

3. If you're worried about hackers, boot a Linux Live CD/DVD and surf
the web with that ONLY.

Sheesh.

Michael

On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:51:20 +0200, "Skybuck Flying"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Wow,
>
>A few minutes ago the most scariest thing happened, it was amazing and
>unbelievable.
>
>I just saw a movie about a nuclear submarine and a mutiny.
>
>People beware !
>
> ...
>
>Bye,
> Skybuck.
>

This is what happens when adults give children things to drink that
they should not have...

<plonk>

I am growing quite tired of people insulting me.

I have added your ip address to the Nuke List.

Within one year I shall write software to teach assholes like you a lesson.

Expect your computer to be nuked within one year.

Bye,
Skybuck.

On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:05:30 +0200, Skybuck Flying wrote:

> I am growing quite tired of people insulting me.
>
> I have added your ip address to the Nuke List.
>
> Within one year I shall write software to teach assholes like you a
> lesson.
>
> Expect your computer to be nuked within one year.
>
> Bye,
> Skybuck.

Hey fuck knuckle! You're welcome to add my PC to your list too, but
you're such an amateur programmer I am confident that my PC is as safe as
Fort Knox. It will take you more than a year just to convert your Delphi
Hello World application to use Winsock.

Bye,
Good riddance


PS: Please keep the threats

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> On Aug 10, 4:51 pm, "Skybuck Flying" <BloodySh...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> nothing really.
>
If you do it yourself you will likely
> electrocute yourself.
>
We live in hope..
--
SteveH

> On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:05:30 +0200, Skybuck Flying wrote:
>
>> I am growing quite tired of people insulting me.
>>

So stop posting such a load of shit then.

You'll then find that when you talk like an adult, people might treat you
like one.
--
SteveH