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[Neckrodeemus]

Hi,

I have a 17" monitor :redface:
lately, i would say since christmas, it has been acting a bit funny, in the sense it will flicker, not flash flicker, but the left hand side.. Its hard to explain
Its like someone in pulling it from the right hand side and draggin so the screen size doesnt change, but it just dissapears as its going right and black screen comes in from the left, and then it comes back, and it does this fast, like flickering fast, like i feel sick now if i keep looking at this fast!! Now it does this generally after long periods of being on, but yesterday it started doing it after like 30 mins, and it gradually gets worse and worse..

Now i am unsure if its the monitor or the g-card. Anyone got any ideas how i can fix this or narrow down the problem. I dont want to spend money on either one until i know what the cause is. My G-card is a gforce3 ti200 and its pretty new. The monitor is pretty old and it has been left on for long periods due to reasons i cannot disclose.
(i dont know the make of the monitor im afraid but i do know it weighs more then the entire package of the rest of me pc + some)

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[Yahiko81]

Do you have any mechanical clocks, speakers, or lights near your monitor that may be causing interference?

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[flamethrower205]

What Yahiko said can certainly be the problem. In terms of the graphics cars, any way you can swap either the gfx card or the monitor and then test? Any overclocking/ driver hacks, and which drivers are you using?

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[Neckrodeemus]

Hi,
Sorry for the lack of reply, but its been hard looking at my monitor, but i have fixed it. This is how i did it.

Picked it up
put it down.
said ouch thats heavy.
picked it up properly again and moved it into the spare room.
left the building with £85 in me pocket.
Walk to the nearest shop that does cheap puter parts.
brought a sony triniton 21" (19" viewable) monitor *drool*
got a taxi home
plugged it in
weeheyyy monitor fixed.

Result !!

If A equals success, then the formula is: A=X+Y+Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut.