[DM-MUG] Poping monitor

[Darcy Baston]

I had an old monitor doing that. The level of dust inside it was 
allowing a capacitor to arc to the power supply every now and then. 
Mine DID emit that classic electrical frying smell however.

But, if it's a multiscan monitor, it may just be trying to lock unto a 
frequency from a confused or degraded signal. I had one that would do 
that a lot too, without the smell. It was a tired old thing and had 
trouble keeping up with contrast and brightness at differing 
resolutions.

I'm thinking it would be cheaper to replace the monitor than to have it 
fixed if that turns out to be the problem.

Hope this helps!

Darcy

On 22-Jul-04, at 8:43 PM, Ann Bowler wrote:

> My son-in-law just called about a monitor which started a sequence of 
> a pop, the image grows larger and darker, then it repeats several 
> times. Then it settles down for a while and repeats. There seems to be 
> no smell so I would tend to rule out arcing. This came with a used G3 
> I bought him a couple of years ago.
>
> Any guesses about the problem? I have a few and don't like them.
> -- 
> Ray Bowler