Re: Is X breaking my monitor?
On Tue, Mar 17, 1998 at 04:05:57PM -0500, Will Lowe wrote:
> I've been using my monitor (17" Hitachi SuperScan Pro) and video card
> (Diamond Stealth 3d with the S3V Xserver) with X for almost a year now.
> Just today, it started acting funny.
>
> Every few minutes, the screen wavers a little -- like it was made of
> jelly and someone's shaking in just the slightest bit. Is this a
> monitor problem, or is my video card going, or have aliens changed the
> properties of the local space-time continuum?
Strange as it might sound, check your power supply, and especially
that the fan is working. I've seen a few PCs display strange video
effects because of dying power supplies.
Of course, it could be either the monitor or the video card too;
try changing them temporary if you have spares.
Hamish
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