[wellylug] Faulty Moniter

[Jamie Baddeley]

On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 18:00, Jethro Carr wrote:
> hi all,
> 
> 
> I have a moniter which has started emitting a really high pitch whine. I
> think it might be a capaciter about to go...
> 
> 
> Details:
> Samsung SyncMaster 753DFX
> 0.5 years old.
> 
> Problem:
> Moniter emitts a high pitch whine. I noticed that viewing certain
> colours (eg: white or dark blue) changes the loudness of the whine.
> 
> Attempts to fix:
> I turned it off & unplugged it from the mains for a couple of hours.
> When I plugged it back in, it went fine for about 3 days, so draning the
> circuit appears to help, which makes me wonder about a capaciter.
> 
> 
> It's proberely a hardware fault so I'll have to take it into the shop
> for repairs. However, has anyone ever had a problem like this?
> 
Yes. I do. Shitty Acer ac711. Insurance company replaced my good old one
with this crappy thing....

Make sure that the cat ain't around when the monitor does it, otherwise
you won't see it for days :-)

I think it's cheap hardware rather than a fault...

that or some major obscure X11 setting....

jamie


> 
> 
> thanks,
> 
> 
> -- 
> -- Jethro
> 
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> 
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> 
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