OT: Display narrow and then widening

Been having this problem the last few days, in Windows and in LFS. Screen goes slightly narrower of its own accord, then reverts after a while. I updated video drivers but the problem remains. It's set to 1024 X 768 and doesn't seem to be actually changing the resolution, just flicking back and forth every five minutes or so. Also tried at various different refresh rates to no avail. Any help would be appreciated. This is most disconcerting when racing. System is: P4 3.0GHz 1GB DDR RAM GeForce Ti4200 128MB running Forceware 71.89 Drivers Viewmaster 19" Monitor XP Pro Thx in advance, Glenn

youre monitor is spazzing. something is probably loose Glenn Andressen wrote:

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> Been having this problem the last few days, in Windows and in LFS. > > Screen goes slightly narrower of its own accord, then reverts after a > while. I updated video drivers but the problem remains. > > It's set to 1024 X 768 and doesn't seem to be actually changing the > resolution, just flicking back and forth every five minutes or so. > > Also tried at various different refresh rates to no avail. > > Any help would be appreciated. This is most disconcerting when racing. > > System is: > P4 3.0GHz > 1GB DDR RAM > GeForce Ti4200 128MB running Forceware 71.89 Drivers > Viewmaster 19" Monitor > XP Pro > > Thx in advance, Glenn

artie beamer wrote: > youre monitor is spazzing. something is probably loose > Yeah, I thought that may be it. No loose cables though. Could be on the way out.

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> Glenn Andressen wrote: > >> Been having this problem the last few days, in Windows and in LFS. >> >> Screen goes slightly narrower of its own accord, then reverts after a >> while. I updated video drivers but the problem remains. >> >> It's set to 1024 X 768 and doesn't seem to be actually changing the >> resolution, just flicking back and forth every five minutes or so. >> >> Also tried at various different refresh rates to no avail. >> >> Any help would be appreciated. This is most disconcerting when racing. >> >> System is: >> P4 3.0GHz >> 1GB DDR RAM >> GeForce Ti4200 128MB running Forceware 71.89 Drivers >> Viewmaster 19" Monitor >> XP Pro >> >> Thx in advance, Glenn

Glenn Andressen wrote: > artie beamer wrote: > >> youre monitor is spazzing. something is probably loose >> > Yeah, I thought that may be it. No loose cables though. Could be on the > way out. i mean loose inside

On Sat, 14 May 2005 23:45:20 GMT, Glenn Andressen <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Been having this problem the last few days, in Windows and in LFS. > >Screen goes slightly narrower of its own accord, then reverts after a >while. I updated video drivers but the problem remains. > >It's set to 1024 X 768 and doesn't seem to be actually changing the >resolution, just flicking back and forth every five minutes or so. > >Also tried at various different refresh rates to no avail. > >Any help would be appreciated. This is most disconcerting when racing.

I had a dearly beloved (and now late departed) NEC FE950 that did stuff like that (although mine was more of an occasional horizontal roll-under/over at the top and bottom of the screen and a horizontal fluttering around the aperature grill support wires). That lasted for about three months until one day the entire display just went into a single vertical line. :( I've considered fixing it (it was 4 1/4 years old, but otherwise it had good brightness and shaprness), but the cost would probably be close to a new CRT. In the end, I've ended up with a Samsung 930B LCD (about $350 US after rebates) which works well. My only complaint so far is the variation in color/brightness at different angles (sometimes just sitting 2 feet from the screen, directly in front of the screen, different parts of the screen vary, although that's generally only noticeable if you're working with a uniform full-screen color/hue). It's not enough to bother me much, but would be a consideration if someone was doing graphics work. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =----

If the raster itself is changing, this is the first sign of a failing flyback or high voltage power supply. This is NOT an end-user repair. I won't even describe it. -Larry "Glenn Andressen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:k4whe.2808$[email hidden]...

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> Been having this problem the last few days, in Windows and in LFS. > > Screen goes slightly narrower of its own accord, then reverts after a > while. I updated video drivers but the problem remains. > > It's set to 1024 X 768 and doesn't seem to be actually changing the > resolution, just flicking back and forth every five minutes or so. > > Also tried at various different refresh rates to no avail. > > Any help would be appreciated. This is most disconcerting when racing. > > System is: > P4 3.0GHz > 1GB DDR RAM > GeForce Ti4200 128MB running Forceware 71.89 Drivers > Viewmaster 19" Monitor > XP Pro > > Thx in advance, Glenn