This is getting ridiculous. Tuesday, when I came to work, my left monitor was dead. Nothing. Nada. Zilch. I had to replace it with an older monitor (which had been mine at one time) off a desk that is seldom used. It’s dark and can’t be adjusted to make it bright enough to use regularly. But it’s just usable enough to do something on.

Today, while I was talking to one of the salesmen, the right monitor died. It went fuzzy for a few seconds, then flickered, then finally went out completely. All this time, it was making odd popping sounds.

Now I have the problem of trying to steal someone else’s monitor so I can work. The LCD monitor I stole was from a not quite seldom used desk, but I can get away with it for the moment. But then I had to spend about 15 minutes getting the colors adjusted so it looked like it was supposed to. I ended up having to adjust the white point on the monitor funny to get it to be dark enough. It was just too bright.

All together, that makes three monitors that have died on me in the last 45 days. I haven’t been able to replace any of them. I’ve just had to keep stealing from where I could. This should finally force the issue so I can get replacements.