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Article #594Re: Monitor playing up
From: Patrick Dunford
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 12:18
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 12:18
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The GHOST of WOGER. > On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 19:02:01 +1200, Patrick Dunford > <patrickdunford@nz.invalid> wrote: > > >Rod Speed > >> > 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? > >> > >> Usual FBT failing problem. Not economic to replace. > > > >useful to know. I had a Viewsonic 15" that did this *very* occasionally > >from new, got thrown away when one of the primary colours failed > > > > What all for a simple solder joint, are we just made of Money or a Idiot..? Dearie me woger, it was going to cost over $100 to fix, I bought a HP M50 ex Demo from Dick Smiths for $200 which was a much better deal.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 106e5e,80b41010a88eb3f3 X-Google-Attributes: gid106e5e,public X-Google-Thread: 103407,e8203eb358a38ebc X-Google-Attributes: gid103407,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-04-22 05:17:36 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!in.100proofnews.com!in.100proofnews.com!news02.tsnz.net!not-for-mail From: Patrick Dunford <patrickdunford@nz.invalid> Newsgroups: nz.comp,aus.electronics Subject: Re: Monitor playing up Message-ID: <MPG.1af27f2ebc453dde989aaf@news.paradise.net.nz> References: <xXsec.9832$u%1.858253@news02.tsnz.net> <MPG.1af210e16e5f7b9a989a93@news.paradise.net.nz> <c67pin$93ref$1@ID-69072.news.uni-berlin.de> <MPG.1af235103ab6a39e989aa3@news.paradise.net.nz> <ilte8051i8mquvdj58as5euobscn0ncj4u@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/2.70.2061 Lines: 27 Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 00:18:13 +1200 NNTP-Posting-Host: 210.246.24.62 X-Complaints-To: abuse@tsnz.net X-Trace: news02.tsnz.net 1082636259 210.246.24.62 (Fri, 23 Apr 2004 00:17:39 NZST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 00:17:39 NZST Organization: TelstraClear