[TriLUG] OT? Wiggly Monitor

[Gregory Woodbury]

On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 11:00:37PM -0400, Lance A. Brown wrote:
> Yesterday I came home from work, sat down at my computer, and bumped my
> mouse to clear the screensaver.  When the normal image came up I noticed
> it was continuously wiggling horizontally.  I hit the degauss function
> on the monitor but it didn't help.  Since then I've checked everything,
> including reseating the video card in the computer and reseating the
> video cable.  No new electromagnetic sources have come into my office
> space, either.
> 
> The monitor is a Samsung 19" that is bout 2.5 years old.  The video card
> is a GForce2MX400 bought shortly after the monitor.
> 
> I've done all I know how to do.  Can anyone offer advice?  I'm concerned
> that I'm loosing either the card or the monitor.
> 
> --[Lance]

Sounds like the horizontal drive capacitors are getting ready to fail.
They are relatively easy to fix and are often the first to go.

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