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Started by Andy Mabbett
Sat, 12 Jan 2002 18:11
Monitor/ graphics card oddity
Author: Andy Mabbett
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 18:11
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 18:11
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Every now and then, my monitor will decide to throw a wobbly, and look
like this:
<URL:http://www.pigsonthewing.org.uk/blue.jpg> (12Kb)
(which was taken with a cheapo digital camera, and is a little, ahem,
"soft focus". Sometimes it's green or grey, rather than blue).
I don't run a screen-saver, but if I wait five minutes for my monitor to
go into power-saving mode, then wake it up again, all is well.
I haven't been able to identify a specific cause, but it sometimes
happens when I use SETI Driver to upload results & download new data;
then, it happens the instant I launch the MS_DOS window. It doesn't
happen every time, nor just wen I do that.
--
Andy Mabbett
The next virus you download could be the one which wipes your hard-drive.
Get a virus checker *today* - if you already have one, get the latest update!
Re: Monitor/ graphics card oddity
Author: Bob Cousins
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 20:34
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 20:34
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Andy Mabbett wrote: >Every now and then, my monitor will decide to throw a wobbly, and look >like this: > > <URL:http://www.pigsonthewing.org.uk/blue.jpg> (12Kb) Looks like loss of horizontal sync? Faulty monitor, my guess. -- Bob Cousins.
Re: Monitor/ graphics card oddity
Author: Richard Appleby
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 01:14
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 01:14
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In article <3d714uk8jgusqmrc2ju02d6tv4rrg3v0vh@4ax.com>, Bob Cousins <bob@lintilla.demon.co.uk> writes >Andy Mabbett wrote: > >>Every now and then, my monitor will decide to throw a wobbly, and look >>like this: >> >> <URL:http://www.pigsonthewing.org.uk/blue.jpg> (12Kb) > >Looks like loss of horizontal sync? Faulty monitor, my guess. > Have had similar on old monitor with modern graphics card. Either reduce definition or, more likely, refresh rate. [start>settings>control panel>display>settings] -- Rich A
Re: Monitor/ graphics card oddity
Author: Andy Mabbett
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 19:51
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 19:51
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In message <hac24ukmgnlp7cv7s4bduhfqsm6l6ehqm8@4ax.com>, Nick Austin <nick@tcp.co.uk> writes > >I had a temporary solution which was to open a DOS window full screen. >DOS uses a different sync frequency frequency so this causes the >monitor to re-lock to the correct frequency. > >Obviously when then fault condition is present I could not use the >mouse so this is the key sequence I used: [...] Thanks, I think I'll print that out... -- Andy Mabbett The next virus you download could be the one which wipes your hard-drive. Get a virus checker *today* - if you already have one, get the latest update!
Re: Monitor/ graphics card oddity
Author: Andy Mabbett
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 19:54
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 19:54
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In message <TtxLpUA29NQ8Ew5i@raconsulting.demon.co.uk>, Richard Appleby <terry@raconsulting.demon.co.uk> writes >> >>Looks like loss of horizontal sync? Faulty monitor, my guess. >> >Have had similar on old monitor with modern graphics card. Either >reduce definition or, more likely, refresh rate. >[start>settings>control panel>display>settings] It's a 2year, 11 month- old Dell monitor, attached to a 2year, 11 month- old Dell PC, with a 2year, 11 month- old graphics card, as supplied by Del. Fortunately, it's covered by a three- year Dell warrantee ;-) Either >reduce definition or, more likely, refresh rate. >[start>settings>control panel>display>settings] Thanks, but no thanks. -- Andy Mabbett The next virus you download could be the one which wipes your hard-drive. Get a virus checker *today* - if you already have one, get the latest update!
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