How can you tell if a monitor is GONE!!!

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WinstonCowboy

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Okay....so I got these used Sp-5b's a couple weeks ago...they seemed to be working great the first couple days...but about the third day...I woke up powered the laptop on and the stereo imaging was off. I panned hard right (the side where the music seemed closer to) and it sounded fine...then I panned hard left and noticed that the volume was lower and had less bass in it. Can a monitor just up and DIE in the middle of the night for NO reason???

I have checked the cables and I even returned the M-Audio Duo...and got a new one in hopes that it was causing the problem.

I also...went and bought a new copy of XP w.SP1 so that I could do a clean install.

I was having problems with the Duo before the monitor started acting funny...so I also updated my BIOS! AND....I added another 512MB RAM to this damn thing.

So....I received the NEW Duo in the mail....had everything newly installed and updated..yet..when I went to hook up the Duo...I had the same problem I had before! PLUS...the left monitor was still acting UP!

What the fuck is going on here....I waited patiently for two weeks to accomplish all this updating and shit...and now I am no better off then I was before...Is this Monitor SHOT or what....and is there a test or something I can run on it to make sure?
 
LMAO....WTF is going on....OK, so I thought of one last thing I might try...even though it seemed kind of dumb....I unplugged the monitors and switched the sides....to see if the sound would be weighted in the other direction...I unplugged them and reversed their position....and Ta Da!!! Problem fixed...anyone know why this is? Did unplugging them reset something? I am new to powered speakers...so I haven't a clue....I JUST knew that one couldn't be DEAD!

Please contribute your comments about this...I would like to know what caused this in the first place!

YEEEEEEHAWWWWWWW!!!!! I am one HAPPY Cowboy!

BTW....the DUO just started to work as well!!!!! PAYDIRT!!!
 
Hey WinstonCowboy - I had the EXACT same issue with a pair of sp5b's. I would reverse the connections then switch them back and everything would be fine for a few days. Then it would start to happen again. Finally I brought it into the store where I bought them and one of the guys opened it up to take a look and we found a bad solder joint. He re-soldered it for me, and no more problems.

Maybe this is a common issue with those monitors ?
 
That's just plain damn freaky if you ask me... :eek:
 
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