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From: richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk)
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In-Reply-To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu>
       "Re: My monitor's got the Shakes..." (Sep 21, 11:40pm)
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> 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).
> 
> Any idea what the cause could be??
> 
> This monitor has already developed a pretty serious case of ghosting,
> so I fear that this fit of shaking is my signal that "she's gonna blow!".
> 
> 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.

You might try opening it up and cleaning all the dust away with a soft
brush.  Dust can make in run hot and encourage arcing.

Don't get zapped by the high voltage.  Unplug the monitor for a while
before opening it.


Richard