monitor

[mcovey]

I recently inherited a 3 year old 19" CRT monitor -- a Dell.

Every so often it will make a loud noise ... hard to describe, but it almost sounds like a TV turning off, a REALLY loud TV turn off noise though. And when it does this the screen flickers. ... also the screen is often flickering in the corners and such.

This happened on the old computer which is why I inherited it. I like the bigosity of it, but it's useless if it can't keep itself under control. Any reccommendations? I can open it up, I've done it before so I know what the inside of a monitor looks like, etc. ??

[rainbowdemon]

bigosity??

[mcovey]

bigosity??

largeness.

[mfgbypooter]

huemongousness.

[wonderboy2005]

I recently inherited a 3 year old 19" CRT monitor -- a Dell.

Every so often it will make a loud noise ... hard to describe, but it almost sounds like a TV turning off, a REALLY loud TV turn off noise though. And when it does this the screen flickers. ... also the screen is often flickering in the corners and such.

This happened on the old computer which is why I inherited it. I like the bigosity of it, but it's useless if it can't keep itself under control. Any reccommendations? I can open it up, I've done it before so I know what the inside of a monitor looks like, etc. ??

stick a screwdriver in it. While the power is on.

[cpugeniusmv]

stick a screwdriver in it. While the power is on.

and if you die, you can't sue me.

[infringer]

Yeah I'd be careful tinkerin with monitors they can hold there charge for quite some time...

As far as the flickering goes it could be something wrong with the video card or the connections it could also be some fuse or resistor is probably not acting correctly... A lot of times it is more cost effective to replace the monitor then replace it. Had a similar problem once with a sega genisis unit what I did was take out the board and look at the solder points around the power supply unit and noticed that one of the traces was a little chared so I scrapped it a little and resoldered it.

Troubleshooting these types of things could take lots of time and money theres a way to properly discharge the electricity which is held by the monitor as well get your ducks in a row before you go exploring...

-infringer-