Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 23:23:53 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> Cc: Mark Mayo <mark@quickweb.com>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: My monitor's got the Shakes... Message-ID: <199709220623.XAA08800@MindBender.serv.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of Mon, 22 Sep 97 01:06:38 -0400. <Pine.BSF.3.96.970922010427.24355Z-100000@Journey2.mat.net>
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>> > On Sun, 21 Sep 1997, Mark Mayo wrote:
>> > > Hi all... well a bad couple of weeks on my hardware seems to be
>> > > getting worse. Suddently, my monitor is "shaking". Basically, every
>> > > 10 minutes or so (not regular) a small, rapid shaking happens. A
>> > > slight brightness fade-in, fade-out sort of happens at the same time.
>> > > The picture would appear to be moving straight up and down (by a
>> > > really small amount, but enough to be REALLY damned annoying).
Maybe it's degaussing when it shouldn't be? Is there a buzz when the
wiggling happens? If so, maybe you have a loose connection in the
deguassing button that is causing it to happen intermittently.
>> > > It's a 17" MAG, about 3.5 years old I believe. Been a faithful monitor,
>> > > but it's been going downhill at a break-neck speed the last 6 monhts or
>> > > so.
>> > Oh, lovely. I'm reading this on a 3.5 year old 17" MAG.
>> What model?
>I have two, of nearly the same vintage, DX-17F I think. It's really
>inconvenient to turn it upside down and search out the exact model number.
>One has the little LCD readout (the older one) and one hasn't.
>
>I wish they hadn't stopped making the LCD readout, it's been very
>convenient to have instant verification of the mode.
They didn't, to my knowledge. The ones with the LCD are the Mag
MXP17F. I have two of them sitting right here in front of, and behind
me. One is less than a year old.
Not stellar in build quality. I've burnt out one of them twice (the
horizontal sync circuitry, actually), by running it at too high a dot
clock speed (it was within their published specs, but very close to
the limit).
But they have an excellent picture for the price, and very high
refresh/clock rates. Just leave a little buffer between what they
publish, and what you really try to run at.
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