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53011 2002-06-07 10:06:00 Hi, for no apparant reason my Philips 105s monitor is adjusting itself. A small onscreen display keeps appearing which shows the contrast settings with a + and -. It then proceeds to count down by itself until it reaches zero and the screen is black. If I push the + button it resets to 100 but starts dropping again. If I bring up the main menu, whatever is hightlighten starts moving towards the -. I have checked in the monitor for the - button being stuck in but its ok. Can anyone help?
Thanks,
Mark
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53012 2002-06-07 13:24:00 Mark,

Hmm...I wonder (and I don't know the answer here) if it's possible that there is a virus in your monitor's software...perhaps that could be a problem or maybe (although I doubt it) could be a driver problem...

Failing that, check to see if anyone in your household has started speaking in strange voices, spining their head around and vomiting >:-)

Callum
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53013 2002-06-07 14:20:00 Hi . Mark -
Most likely cause, assuming switch isn't jammed, would be coffee, juice or whatever over the switch - or perhaps you used a liquid cleaner on the screen . If this is the case, it might dry out in time - or it might corrode away the switch . This would be fairly simple to replace, if necessary .
Other possibilities would be a failure in the control circuits, or faulty joints or similar in the line or power sections of the monitor causing interferance with the proper operation of those control circuits . Faulty joints are again easy, but after that it gets nasty . . .
Best of luck !
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53014 2002-06-08 02:10:00 Hi Mark, the problem looks like a job for a good repair firm.
Sounds like a fault has developed in the digital control circuitry, perhaps a leaky diode causing the settings to 'leak' away.
In the Wellington area Monitor and Terminal are good to deal with.

Cheers.
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