Re: Noise from monitor...
* Ron Johnson (ron.l.johnson@cox.net) [020816 16:56]:
> On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 15:00, Hall Stevenson wrote:
> > After one of my XFree86 4.x upgrades, my HP Ergo 1280 (17", model
> > D2840A) monitor started making a "noise". Sometimes it's a continual
> > sound, other times it's occassional. Whenever it occurs, it's _VERY_
> > annoying. I'm at a loss as to how to describe the sound... I guess it's
> > just a medium to high-pitched tone, sorta the "white noise" kind. Anyone
> > know what I mean ??
> >
> > This does not occur with MS Windows, so it probably an XFree86-related
> > problem. My XFConfig-4 file has no modeline info as I think this was
> > removed starting with X 4.x. After sending this message, I'll restart X
> > and log the messages and look for anything interesting...
> >
> > Has anyone ran into anything similar ?? If so, how did you solve it ??
>
> X isn't configured correctly, and I think this is damaging your
> monitor. Do you have any backup copies of XFConfig-4?
Go figure... Since posting my message, the monitor hasn't made that
"noise" yet !!
I still think I'll reconfigure X and use the "simple" option when it
asks about my monitor. I trust it will use very safe HorizSync and
VertRefresh numbers.
Hall
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