Article View: comp.os.os2
Article #1340Re: Popping noise in switching OS/2 <-> Dos box
From: Jack Hudler
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 1990 20:49
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 1990 20:49
21 lines
1536 bytes
1536 bytes
In article <-283389995@hpcupt1.HP.COM> swh@hpcupt1.HP.COM (Steve Harrold) writes:
>Re: Popping noise on screen
>
>>>> How come when I switch back and forth with Alt-Esc among my sessions,
>>>> when I end up in my Dos box I hear a little popping noise from my
>>>> 8513 screen? This has happened pretty consistently since I got this
>>>> PS/2-70 (last August). Is this indicative of a problem?
>
>I, too, have noticed a small popping noise on some occasions, but not
>in the environment mentioned.
>
>It happens to me (sometimes) under DOS when the screen content undergoes
>a dramatic change, say from a full screen editor in graphics mode, switching
>back to the plain DOS prompt. This has occurred with EGA and VGA monitors.
The poping could be dust inside causing the static electricity to arc across
when the screen "undergoes a dramatic change".. nothing to worry about..
although I would bet it does it when you turn the monitor off.
--
Jack Computer Support Corportion Dallas,Texas
Hudler UUCP: {texsun,texbell}!csccat!jack
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<3604@csccat.UUCP>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!texbell!texsun!csccat!jackReferences:
<DKB.90Mar5152839@anquetil.cs.brown.edu> <-283389995@hpcupt1.HP.COM>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!texbell!texsun!csccat!jack From: jack@csccat.UUCP (Jack Hudler) Newsgroups: comp.os.os2 Subject: Re: Popping noise in switching OS/2 <-> Dos box Message-ID: <3604@csccat.UUCP> Date: 7 Mar 90 20:49:17 GMT References: <DKB.90Mar5152839@anquetil.cs.brown.edu> <-283389995@hpcupt1.HP.COM> Reply-To: jack@csccat.UUCP (Jack Hudler) Organization: Computer Support Corporation. Dallas,Texas Lines: 21