monitor problems

Has anyone experienced this fault on a CRT monitor - a 4 yr old LG
Studioworks.

Once or twice a session the display momentarily has a fit! The image dulls,
appears to zoom out of the screen and then contracts back to normal size and
brightness. This happens in a split second and there is also a 'crackle'.
It started happening once every several hours but the frequency is
increasing.

If this is a known but cheaply fixed fault fine. Otherwise I'm loathe to lay
out $X only to be told that it'll cost $Y to fix which might be a good part
of the cost of a new monitor.

F

Malke
Fri Apr 25 05:37:24 PDT 2008

frog wrote:

> Has anyone experienced this fault on a CRT monitor - a 4 yr old LG
> Studioworks.
>
> Once or twice a session the display momentarily has a fit! The image
> dulls, appears to zoom out of the screen and then contracts back to normal
> size and
> brightness. This happens in a split second and there is also a 'crackle'.
> It started happening once every several hours but the frequency is
> increasing.
>
> If this is a known but cheaply fixed fault fine. Otherwise I'm loathe to
> lay out $X only to be told that it'll cost $Y to fix which might be a good
> part of the cost of a new monitor.
>

Attach the computer to a different monitor and work with it for a while. If
the problem doesn't occur, then you know the original monitor is dying and
needs to be replaced. Replace with an LCD and be happier.

OTOH, if the problem follows you to a different monitor, you know your video
card is probably dying. Uninstall it and swap it out for a known-working
one. If all is well with the test card, replace the original.


Malke
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