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Julian A F Bradbury <Julian@xabcs.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>It's the guy/poor sod with the Idek 17", having such *FUN*. I need Elec Eng.
>
>Replacement Idek:  no smells, more real colour mis-convergence (a white
>                   line has a red vertical line 2-pixels wide by it).
>                   BUT ironically *much* clearer text @ 1280x1024.
>
>                   DS DRAM -> VRAM card swap for peanuts being sorted.
>
>Today. 3 times so far.
>
> o Suddenly screen goes very bright, everything explodes in size & blurs 
>   out then suddenly dims and comes back as normal.
> o I hear a pop/click.
>                                        <FX: Head on desk, quietly sobbing>
>
> o The LCD display doesn't change or light during this time (it does on any 
>   change) so I don't think it's graphic card (DS) problem.
>
>Connected?    I constantly have to re-adjust the H/V positioning, 
>              it drifts 1/4-1/3" over time. The other didn't.
>
>What is this?
>

Something inside the monitor is failing or arcing.  Get a new one.
Probably in the power supply or high voltage.  It will not get better
on its own.  Not the video card.

--- sam