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Re: Monitor playing up

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From: Rudolf Ladyzhenskii
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 05:26
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I do not think it is worth repairing.

What you describing is some sort of high voltage circuitry fault. Could be
FBT, could even be faulty picture tube.

Rudolf

"Patrick Dunford" <patrickdunford@nz.invalid> wrote in message
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> GJ
> > The monitor on my kids computer is playing up. Every few seconds,
> > sometimes 5 sometimes 30-60 or anywhere in between, the monitor makes a
> > clicking sound, like static electricity. The screen flicks with each
> > click, looking like it gets 80% smaller then back to full size again.
> > The screen flick takes about 1.2 a second from normal to reduced to
> > normal again.
> >
> > Compaq V75 monitor bought 2nd hand through tech rentals quite some time
ago.
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
> power supply restarting itself?
>
> is this what is called "hiccupping"?
>
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