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[penguinofhonor]

Monitor problem!

I have an LED monitor (Pavilion 23bw) and... something bad just happened. It made a click noise, the left third or so of my screen got shaded red, and the image on that third got burned into the screen a bit.

[Karkov]

If you've restarted your computer and it's still there, then it's a hardware issue with the monitor.  That's not exactly something I'm certified to fix and definitely not walk anyone through fixing it over the internet.

I think you might be out a monitor. 

[MaximumZero]

The pop may have been a fuse. The only answer I found was that the same problem can happen if the monitor is facing a voltage problem. The 23bw has a one year warranty on it. I'd suggest using it if at all possible.

[Tellemurius]

yea i would only hope on the warranty, it sounded like the inverter took a dump but i never advise you to stick your hand back there.

[MaximumZero]

Agreed. A surprise capacitor discharge is bad news.

[Karkov]

Yeah, monitor repair is best left to people whom have the tools and certifications for the repairs.  Even more so with CRT monitors, but those are pretty much phased out for the most part.

[BFEL]

So, question about Steam.

I've noticed a lot of games have that annoying "to access the cheat console, go to properties and change the path to include (cheat)" or whatever, but the thing is, I buy most (all) my games off Steam now, and because Steam tends to give everything its own launcher, that method doesn't work for the games I'm getting.

So anyone know how to enable the cheat console on Steam games like this?

[crazysheep]

Right click on the game in your steam library -> properties -> general, then try the "set launch options" button? It will prompt you to type in extra commands there. Let us know if this works.

[miauw62]

And if that doesn't work, launch options can also be set as usual, just navigate to the executable on your computer.

[BFEL]

tested with Dragon Age Origins, and nope. I tried both "-enabledeveloperconsole" and -enabledeveloperconsole and neither worked.

So...what the hell am I doing wrong?

[Tellemurius]

Nothing really, the problem is actually Steam, the exe that DA uses is gimped due to steam DRM. Best thing i would do is disable updates for DA and find a no cd patch for DA. I had to do this in order for me to run mods.

[penguinofhonor]

I think I had a six month warranty and I bought it about six months ago. Convenient. Let's hope I still have a few days though.

[BFEL]

Nothing really, the problem is actually Steam, the exe that DA uses is gimped due to steam DRM. Best thing i would do is disable updates for DA and find a no cd patch for DA. I had to do this in order for me to run mods.

Ok, wow that sucks.

And is there one of those patches that ISN'T Malware and/or trying to shove another unzip program down my throat?

[Tellemurius]

Thats up to you to find it since its illegal for linking that stuff.

[Karkov]

Uh, I didn't have trouble modding DA:O on steam, found it pretty easy to be honest.  And using the developer console was merely changing one of the configuration files thrown into your Documents folder.  The only problem is that DA:O has an invisible Command Console during game.  Normally anyway.  You can make it to where it has a physical appearance later.

I have no idea what you guys are on about.   

EDIT:  GameFAQs actually has a tutorial on how to do it, just follow that and you'll be able to use the developer console in game.  Most of the modding, in my experience, was just unzipping files into the correct data folders.  Didn't have to do anything to change the EXE at all.