GeorgeSkywalker
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I'm pretty sure my desktop computer system is sabotaged. Question is how...
The symptoms are:
No picture on monitor its completely dark.
However, all lights and sounds work as normal including desktop and monitor. So monitor light is on which probably means its receiving power.
Thought this would make a nice thought experiment in who can devise the cleverest sabotage ;-)
(and possibly resolve the issue however that is not the main intent as I'd write it off anyway)
So if you were a saboteur how would you go about it?
I had two ideas:
1) take computer monitor cable out. Open it up and damage the inside. Place it back including house dust on top
2) Press the function F7 key. This is probably different on different computers and not sure desktops have it. Laptops for sure have it as its marked. It toggles monitor signal from laptop monitor to external or both. Or some variant of this, like i know there is a special key combo to switch monitor signal sideways etc but forget the details...
3) had another one but forgotten it completely...
Prizes:
* Ninja saboteur badge for most original idea
* Clownfish saboteur badge for most amusing idea
* saboteur badge for most thoughtful idea
etc
The symptoms are:
No picture on monitor its completely dark.
However, all lights and sounds work as normal including desktop and monitor. So monitor light is on which probably means its receiving power.
Thought this would make a nice thought experiment in who can devise the cleverest sabotage ;-)
(and possibly resolve the issue however that is not the main intent as I'd write it off anyway)
So if you were a saboteur how would you go about it?
I had two ideas:
1) take computer monitor cable out. Open it up and damage the inside. Place it back including house dust on top
2) Press the function F7 key. This is probably different on different computers and not sure desktops have it. Laptops for sure have it as its marked. It toggles monitor signal from laptop monitor to external or both. Or some variant of this, like i know there is a special key combo to switch monitor signal sideways etc but forget the details...
3) had another one but forgotten it completely...
Prizes:
* Ninja saboteur badge for most original idea
* Clownfish saboteur badge for most amusing idea
* saboteur badge for most thoughtful idea
etc