Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 23:40:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Mark Mayo <mark@quickweb.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: My monitor's got the Shakes... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970921233616.24355Y-100000@Journey2.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <19970921230233.54358@vinyl.quickweb.com>
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On Sun, 21 Sep 1997, Mark Mayo wrote: > Hi all... well a bad couple of weeks on my hardware seems to be > getting worse. Suddently, my monitor is "shaking". Basically, every > 10 minutes or so (not regular) a small, rapid shaking happens. A > slight brightness fade-in, fade-out sort of happens at the same time. > The picture would appear to be moving straight up and down (by a > really small amount, but enough to be REALLY damned annoying). > > Any idea what the cause could be?? > > This monitor has already developed a pretty serious case of ghosting, > so I fear that this fit of shaking is my signal that "she's gonna blow!". > > It's a 17" MAG, about 3.5 years old I believe. Been a faithful monitor, > but it's been going downhill at a break-neck speed the last 6 monhts or > so. Oh, lovely. I'm reading this on a 3.5 year old 17" MAG. It sounds like arcing somewhere in the HV section. Can you literally hear it? As the capacitors get older, sometimes they go bad. If you're lucky, that's it. If you're not, it could be something expensive, like a transformer arcing. Affecting multiple sections also makes it sound like the power. One other thing to watch for ... MAGs can't stand overheating. You don't have some printouts laying on the top of the monitor, do you? > > TIA for any tips, like "you can fix this by .." :-) > > -mark > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Mark Mayo mark@quickweb.com > RingZero Comp. http://vinyl.quickweb.com/mark > > finger mark@quickweb.com for my PGP key and GCS code > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > "The newest book, The Dilbert Future, took a broader view, describing how > idiots will threaten every aspect of business, technology and society in > the future." --Scott Adams > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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