[DM-MUG] Poping monitor

[Ray Bowler]

Thanks for the reply. I have checked on another list also and my 
thought is that it is a bad monitor. It is a Blue & White 17" monitor 
and if it is one of the right group Apple has been replacing them 
even if they are out of warranty. He is checking that out today. It 
is a rare problem but it does occur.

At 1:55 PM -0500 on 7/24/04, Darcy Baston wrote about Re: [DM-MUG] 
Poping monitor:
>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
>
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