[Techtalk] irregular monitor flicker

[Carla Schroder]

On Wednesday 24 January 2007 19:44, Robyn M wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:16:22 -0800
>
> Carla Schroder <carla at bratgrrl.com> wrote:
> > My nice not-very old (about two years old) 19" CRT has developed a
> > problem- it flickers occasionally in an odd way. The screen image
> > shrinks a tiny bit, maybe an eight of an inch, then goes back to
> > normal. Sometimes it does it several times, then stops. There's no
> > regular pattern to it. Is my monitor dying already? The video card
> > is the same age. I checked that its cooling fan works, and the case
> > temperature and cooling are fine. What else can I investigate?

>
> Hi Carla
>
> Have you recently moved any electrical items in the house to
> different power points eg. fridge ?? When a fridge turns it's cooling
> on and off there can be interference on the power.

Nuh uh.
>
> Do you have speakers near the monitor and if so turn them off and
> wait to see if the problem is still there.

Nup.
>
> Do you have power cords for other things in the room laying across
> the back of the monitor or near it?

Nor this.
>
> Has someone in the house taken up welding, because this can cause
> havoc with monitors?
>

ooo.... I wish. :)

Honest to gosh, nothing has been changed in ages. I do regular system updates 
(Debian unstable) and install/uninstall a lot of software, but the hardware 
hasn't been touched in months. I wonder if dust causes problems? 

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