monitor makes a humming noise

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-- Hi : for several days and not all the time, my monitor makes a humming
noise when I go into Applications and sometimes my mouse pointer keeps going
into the "hour glass" mode..off and on
rags
 
rags said:
-- Hi : for several days and not all the time, my monitor makes a humming
noise when I go into Applications and sometimes my mouse pointer keeps going
into the "hour glass" mode..off and on
rags
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Any idea what tune it's humming? :-) <sorry,couldn't resist it>

No sorry,I haven't got a clue about your problem.

Bod
 
-- Hi : for several days and not all the time, my monitor makes a humming
noise when I go into Applications and sometimes my mouse pointer keeps going
into the "hour glass" mode..off and on
rags
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Ctlr+Alt+Del & start closing down stuff running....all the time
listening closely for a change of tune (nah, kidding) for the noise to
stop. The only thing that CAN hum in the monitor is the tiny speaker/s
so if you can, mute them/it.
 
I tend to hum a few
bars while in an
hour glass mode.

can you name that
tune your monitor
is playing?

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-- Hi : for several days and not all the time, my monitor makes a humming
noise when I go into Applications and sometimes my mouse pointer keeps
going
into the "hour glass" mode..off and on
rags
Click to expand...
Ctlr+Alt+Del & start closing down stuff running....all the time
listening closely for a change of tune (nah, kidding) for the noise to
stop. The only thing that CAN hum in the monitor is the tiny speaker/s
so if you can, mute them/it.
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Not necessarily true. If it's a CRT monitor, there are plenty of things in
it that can cause a humming sound.

SC Tom
 
rags said:
-- Hi : for several days and not all the time, my monitor makes a
humming noise when I go into Applications and sometimes my mouse
pointer keeps going into the "hour glass" mode..off and on
rags
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If it's a CRT type (big, bulky things probably 15 inches front to back,
or even more, with a picture tube in it) there are many things that can
make them hum, especially if you mean when you start applications. It
could be signalling its own demise, in fact.
Have you moved anything near to it since the humming started that
didn't used to be there or rearranged the desktop?

Does your monitor have speakers in it or mounted to it? The hum could
come from teh speakers and have nothing to do with the monitor.

If it's an LCD type monitor, the thin type compared to the CRT types, I
know of nothing that would make them hum. Try moving it up, down, side
to side, and see if the hum stops or changes what it sounds like.

Can you describe what the hum sounds like? Sometimes they can sound like
the hum you hear under power lines or transformers on the telephone
poles, etc.. Is it constant or more like static? Does it always seem to
have the same loudness and sound? Does the display on the monitor
change at all, ever? Are the colors right all over the screen, is part
of the screen distorted, etc. etc. etc.. Try turning off printers,
scanners, etc., and see if the hum stops or goes away. What's behind
the monitor that could make a humming noise?
Give as much info as you can; the more the better to assist you with
this problem.

HTH,

Twayne`
 
db said:
I tend to hum a few
bars while in an
hour glass mode.

can you name that
tune your monitor
is playing?
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I suspect it's someting along the lines of "When the dummies come
marching in" or the like. What a waste.
 
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