On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 22:14:12 +1200, "John B" <> wrote:
>"Vogan" <> wrote in message
>news:Sb4kc.315$...
>>
>> "John B" <> wrote in message
>> news:bV0kc.275$...
>> > Can anyone help please?
>> >
>> > My monitor has just started intermittently wobbling or shaking. No, not an
>> EQ.
>> > I.e. the image on the screen starts shaking/vibrating (for want of a
>> better
>> > descriptive term) fast. It's not huge speed wobbles, it's very small and
>> tends
>> > to make things look blurry at first glance. Can still read it, but it's
>> damned
>> > annoying. Every minute or so it goes into this mini-frenzy and lasts for
>> about
>> > 10 - 20 secs.
>> >
>> > Refresh rate is 85 hertz. Philips 107S. 2 yrs old.
>> >
>> > Any ideas as to what may be the cause? Bugger, there it goes again.
>> >
>> > --
>> > John B
>> >
>> >
>> Hi
>>
>> Could be the de-gauss circuitry playing up (I am not a monitor repair
>> expert, I am just taking a wild guess) or perhaps interference. Have you
>> recently moved the monitor to a new postion? At my old flat my I moved my
>> computer desk once and the monitor ended up near the mains feed and
>> everytime we had something that used a bit of power eg. drier, heater etc my
>> monitor would kind of shimmer, not really noticable but just enogh to be
>> annoying.
>
>Shimmer... that's the word. Hasn't done it for a while now.
>
>Built a new computer desk today (kitset) and changed things around slightly.
>Monitor is about 30cm from where it was. That's all that has changed. But yes, I
>think it may indeed have something to do with the location. I'll muck around
>with and see what happens.
May be its near a Power Transformer and the shimmer can be cause by the
power companies Ripple control thing, in one case I have seen it was nere a
big drink Fridge and ever time the fridge came on the screen would flicker.
>Could be some sort of interference.
>
>> Hope this helps
>> Cheers
>> Vaughan
>
>John B
>
|
Similar Threads
