Re: [SLUG] Strange monitor phenomenon

From: Smitty (76543a@mpinet.net)
Date: Wed Apr 18 2001 - 20:51:12 EDT


Seth wrote:
>
> Strange!
> can you try the monitor on another computer? if it works some where else then
> we can narrow it down to your PC.
> If it is your pc perhaps reinstalling X would fix it. but it could be a
> hardware problem, maybe your video card?
>
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> Seth
> seth@hollen.org
>
> On Wednesday 18 April 2001 03:17, you wrote:
> > In the last week, I have noticed that whenever the harddrive is
> > accessing a sector or even if I am typing on the keyboard, there appear
> > numerous horizontal lines on my tft lcd monitor. I have had this setup
> > running for almost a year without these problems. Actually, the lines
> > are the most frequent on the left third of the display.
> > Can anyone suggest how to fix this?
> > Smitty
>
> --
Thanks. I do not observe the problem today. In fact, before I logged
out yesterday, the phenomenon had gone away. I suspect it is the video
card. It is about four years old.
Smitty



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