[geeks] Samsung 204B LCD bug, and a fix for it

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Steve Haavik wrote:
> On Fri, 18 May 2007, Francois Dion wrote:
> 
>> If you remember from a previous exchange last year, I had a related
>> issue. The Quadro FX 550 card I have would detect a problem @1600 and
>> force 1280x1024. I ended up using a dual link DVI cable and that
>> worked. I still really like my 204B.
> 
> My understanding is that it's a design flaw in one of the boards or a 
> specific component that wasn't up to spec. I picked up a dual link cable 
> at a hamfest and that actually made it worse (or I just noticed it 
> happening more). Samsung had a replacement at my door within 3 or 4 days 
> of me filling out the form online. The hardest part was finding a copy of 
> the receipt (I forgot to register it when I bought it.)

Several people have gotten their 204B swapped, but Samsung gave them another
one with the same problem.

You really need to get the latest 2007 model you can if you want to be sure of
being free of the problem.



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