monitor troubleshooting

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My Samsung 17" monitor at times gives some troubles. Sometimes the
raster shrinks and when it shrinks it becomes green .Then the raster
becomes somewhat white with a few horizontal lines.It is difficult to
read.After switching the monitor on and off a few times ,it works
normally.Where to fix the problem, the monitor or the processor?
 
On 1 Feb 2007 17:42:15 -0800, in comp.periphs.printers
My Samsung 17" monitor at times gives some troubles. Sometimes the
raster shrinks and when it shrinks it becomes green .Then the raster
becomes somewhat white with a few horizontal lines.It is difficult to
read.After switching the monitor on and off a few times ,it works
normally.Where to fix the problem, the monitor or the processor?
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And this exactly has what to do with comp.periphs.printers. the newsgroup
you posted this to?
 
My Samsung 17" monitor at times gives some troubles. Sometimes the
raster shrinks and when it shrinks it becomes green .Then the raster
becomes somewhat white with a few horizontal lines.It is difficult to
read.After switching the monitor on and off a few times ,it works
normally.Where to fix the problem, the monitor or the processor?
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The monitor flyback solder joints are cracked. Translating that to the
language of this newsgroup would mean either it's out of ink or the
nozzles are clogged.

Probably not worth fixing.
 
My Samsung 17" monitor at times gives some troubles. Sometimes the
raster shrinks and when it shrinks it becomes green .Then the raster
becomes somewhat white with a few horizontal lines.It is difficult to
read.After switching the monitor on and off a few times ,it works
normally.Where to fix the problem, the monitor or the processor?
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You Know Who will come on and say it is because he is using 3rd party inks.

Roy G
 
Which technology is being discussed, CRT or LCD?

It is very unlikely the processor, but it could be the monitor circuitry
itself, (most likely) the cabling from the computer to the monitor or
the connectors on either side, or the graphics card (or if it is a built
in, the main board). If the graphics card uses shared memory, it could
even be a memory issue, but I would look to the monitor first. Do you
have another computer to test it on?

Art
 
LOL...

Unfortunately, just about as common as the clogged nozzle issues, as well.

If the O.P. knows someone who is comfortable inside the cabinet of a
monitor, not a difficult fix to make (the solder joints just need to be
resoldered). It often was the result of contraction and expansion of
the solder due to heating and cooling from use of the monitor. Some of
the earlier no-lead solders tended to become brittle or even crystallize
and cause bad connections over time and use.

Art
 
Well, it is true... if your inkjet printer head gets clogged the ink
backs up the cable and into the computer, and it sometimes then is
pushed down the monitor cable which can cause the monitor colors to get
really weird...

Art
 
Arthur said:
Well, it is true... if your inkjet printer head gets clogged the ink
backs up the cable and into the computer, and it sometimes then is
pushed down the monitor cable which can cause the monitor colors to get
really weird...
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I saw one so bad that the monitor's waste pad overflowed and dripped
into the power supply of the tower.
 
John said:
I saw one so bad that the monitor's waste pad overflowed and dripped
into the power supply of the tower.
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I had an old Atari monochrome monitor on my ST once that backed up to
the point where the horizontal sync clogged up whenever it was first
turned on. Fortunately, after it ran about ten minutes and warmed up,
the clog would disappear. Come to think of it, that did happen about the
time the Deskjet 500 I had on it stopped picking up paper...

TJ
 
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