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| 102842 | 2002-12-02 22:31:00 | Hi people. I have been having problems with my monitor for some time now. the screen shakes like it's in a room full of PC's. It sits on a desk in the lounge next to 1 other PC. Now the monitor comes up with vertical colours when I turn the PC on, either shades of red colours or green. I have to turn it off and on again for it to start up with the monitor working. I have replaced the power supply as it used to turn off randomly, but the screen shaking and the colours still come up. I recently installed a Ge Force 4ti4200 graphics card, and that's the only thing I can think of that's causing the colours coming. Still haven't figured out the screen shaking. My PC is an 850 Duron, 320MB ram. I have the latest VIA drivers and Ge force detonator drivers installed. Please help me... |
Synergy (2675) | ||
| 102843 | 2002-12-02 22:40:00 | I'm certainly no expert on monitors but the first thing I would try would be to degauss (sp?) it. You should be able to do this using the monitors own menu buttons |
Shroeder (492) | ||
| 102844 | 2002-12-02 22:52:00 | Yeah tried that. It's funny cause it doesn't always shake either. It's really only an intermittant thing. Sometimes I turn the pc on and it shakes straight away, and sometimes it only does it once it's been on for 10 mins, and sometimes not at all. Very bizarre. | Synergy (2675) | ||
| 102845 | 2002-12-02 22:54:00 | Ypu're not living on a fault line by any chance? ;) ;) :D :D |
Shroeder (492) | ||
| 102846 | 2002-12-02 23:08:00 | What is behind/under/over/beside the monitor? It sounds like a magnetic field is causing the shakes. In my case, the switchboard is directly behind the monitor, on the opposite side of the wall, and the magnetic field will affect a CRT monitor. It depends on what is turned on in the house at the time, as the magnetic field is related to the current draw. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 102847 | 2002-12-02 23:26:00 | Well, there is another monitor not far away, there is also a cordless phone close by. Apart from that not a lot. You think if I try having some of those things further away it will fix it? And do you think it will fix the crazy colours too? | Synergy (2675) | ||
| 102848 | 2002-12-02 23:51:00 | when it's shaking, turn the monitor around on its base and see if the position affects the shaking at all. Thats a quick pointer to a magnetic field, and yes another monitor can cause it, but it would be always shaking while the other monitor was on. No idea on the colour problem, those things usually need to be seen to diagnose them. By "vertical colour bands" do you mean like a test pattern/grey scale pattern? Or random? |
godfather (25) | ||
| 102849 | 2002-12-03 00:03:00 | I'll try moving the monitor. As for the colours, read my first post. They are all usually a shade of one colour, either red or green. So all over the screen there is vertical lines of all different colours of red. And next time it could be all shades of green vertically down the monitor. | Synergy (2675) | ||
| 102850 | 2002-12-03 00:18:00 | With respect, your description could mean anything. Are the vertical bands all the same width, random widths, etc. When you say you "replaced the power supply", do you mean one in the monitor, as these are usually integrated into the main monitor circuit board. If you mean the one in the PC, then what would this have to do with the monitor? |
godfather (25) | ||
| 102851 | 2002-12-03 00:31:00 | Yeah it's hard to diagnose by text. They are not all the same width, but of similar width, some are pink in colour, some darker, some lighter. I thought the power supply (from the case, not the monitor) was not enough for all I had in my machine and it was randomly turning off so I got a bigger one. |
Synergy (2675) | ||
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