adywan said:
Don't buy anything made by gateway as they will just rip you off if anything goes wrong. Their attitude is just "computer says NO" (little Britain fans will get that one. lol)
You should ring them up, cough into the receiver, then hang up.
Sorry to hear about this setback. Is your monitor on 24/7 as well, or do you turn it off when you sleep? (wait, you don't seem to sleep...) The monitor I'm on right now is around 10 years old and cost me a whopping $6.