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Re: Noise from monitor...



* Jason Fesler (jfesler@gigo.com) [020816 21:12]:
> I hear stuff like that (and boy is it annoying).  Experiement with refresh
> rates if it crops back up.  some monitors are louder than others; and
> frequency also affects it.

How do you do that with XFree86 4.x ?? Wasn't the refresh rate set with
modelines, which appear to be gone now ??

Hall


> On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Hall Stevenson wrote:
> 
> > * 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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