Dustpuppy Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 My monitor's started playing up this morning - what look like little horizontal lines of interference flickering around the screen. I've looked for em sources around it and there aren't any that weren't there yesterday. I've degaussed and tried playing around with the vrefresh rates, but no luck. Is it dying? It's about 18 months old... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 Best it to check with a different monitor so you can be sure it is not a config problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 Maybe your mobile phone was near it. If its not doing it now, i wouldnt worrry too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 Maybe it is your video card and not your monitor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 I've had both video cards and a monitor do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustpuppy Posted March 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 Thanks for all your replies! I tried it with another monitor, and there wan't any distortion. The new monitor was on a different bit of the desk, so I moved the old one to that position and plugged it in. No distortion! I moved it back to where it's always been. No distortion again! It''s Magic! (or something) Thanks everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 that's a lot cheaper solution than my new 19" flat CRT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 Maybe a loose cable? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustpuppy Posted March 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 (edited) bvc - I'd just started looking at whether I could afford a TFT (answer: probably not). Ah well... devries - I'd tried tightening it, maybe it was dust or something that needed it to be taken out fully. I should've done it before - my uncle always told me that 9 times out of 10 any electrical fault can be solved with an "engineers' joggle". This is a trick of the trade and entails... taking everything apart and putting it back together again (ETA pedantic apostrophe) Edited March 1, 2005 by Dustpuppy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 dustpuppy: and if that fails, there's always the 'Doc Marten shuffle' (give it a good kick up the behind) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkelve Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 <snip>devries - I'd tried tightening it, maybe it was dust or something that needed it to be taken out fully. <snip> <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ah... living up to your name now, are you? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustpuppy Posted March 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 lol, maybe it was a relative :D At least I didn't use compressed air... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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