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[CB]

I'm not sure if this is the wrong ng for this question, but I can't seem to
find one where this might be appropriate.

I have a 2 year old 19" monitor I bought from Dell to go with my Dell
computer. Lately, it seems to make a clicking sound, then dim and
immediately go back to full brightness. Is this a sign it is going out on
me? Should I invest in another monitor now than wait until it makes the
clicking sound, then goes dark?

I have tried Dell's support forums to no satisfaction

Any opinions or help would be appreciated.

 

[Alias]

Nothing wrong with your monitor.

Alias

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Why do you say that?

Any clicking sound from a monitor can mean imminent death. It's a mechanical
thing, and generally replacing is quicker and cheaper than repairing.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Alias]

My LG Flatron clicks when I boot up and when I come back from standby or if
the monitor is turned off with the power options and has since I bought it
five years ago. It's called Degauss I believe.

Alias

 

[Ron Sommer]

Did you only get the one year warranty?
Yes, the monitor is dying.

 

[R. McCarty]

Degaussing can sometimes occur at monitor power up, as a
built-in maintenance feature. Your OSD (On Screen Diags)
should have that as a setting that you can do manually at any
time. I would locate that and execute and see if the degaussing
action matches your problem description. Usually when you
degauss the screen image will skew/Stutter and you'll hear a
sound that could be described as kind of a"Yumppp". The OP
didn't mention the model or if this is a single event or happens
repetitively. But a Click and dimming effect does indicate the
monitor circuitry has a problem. I believe Dell uses Trinitron
technology in their CRT monitors.

 

[kurttrail]

I'm not sure if this is the wrong ng for this question, but I can't
seem to find one where this might be appropriate.

I have a 2 year old 19" monitor I bought from Dell to go with my Dell
computer. Lately, it seems to make a clicking sound, then dim and
immediately go back to full brightness. Is this a sign it is going
out on me? Should I invest in another monitor now than wait until it
makes the clicking sound, then goes dark?

I have tried Dell's support forums to no satisfaction

Any opinions or help would be appreciated.

I'd try using it on another computer first, that has the a monitor that
is having no problems. It could be a flakey video card.

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Peace!
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[MCR]

I'm not sure if this is the wrong ng for this question, but I can't seem to
find one where this might be appropriate.

I have a 2 year old 19" monitor I bought from Dell to go with my Dell
computer. Lately, it seems to make a clicking sound, then dim and
immediately go back to full brightness. Is this a sign it is going out on
me? Should I invest in another monitor now than wait until it makes the
clicking sound, then goes dark?

I have tried Dell's support forums to no satisfaction

Any opinions or help would be appreciated.

I had a monitor do that (I still have it) and it turned out to be the
graphics card... My symptoms were a click followed by it going black and
all coming back into focus... sometimes I would have to adjust the
screen geometry again... IIRC the whole problem stemmed from a fauly
PSU in the PC.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Ok, yes, that'd be normal - but it shouldn't be doing that under normal
operation, only when returning from standby/hibernate or when initially
powered on.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi kurt,

A clicking from the monitor being caused by the video card? I dunno - you
thinking maybe a bad stream of bits? Sounds more like the gun is dying as it
dims then brightens. But, your test is sound, if the monitor does the same
thing on another system (and I suspect it will), then it isn't the card.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[kurttrail]

Hi kurt,

A clicking from the monitor being caused by the video card? I dunno -
you thinking maybe a bad stream of bits? Sounds more like the gun is
dying as it dims then brightens. But, your test is sound, if the
monitor does the same thing on another system (and I suspect it
will), then it isn't the card.

I suspect that it probably is a bad monitor too, but since I haven't
seen and heard it myself, then I wouldn't want to give a blanket
diagnosis, and would want the OP test it out on another system.

--
Peace!
Kurt
Self-anointed Moderator
microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
http://microscum.com/mscommunity
"Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei"

 

[CB]

Thanks everyone. I appreciate the advice. I think I will buy a new monitor
and keep it stored from what people are saying here.

 

[Alias]

If it's your video card, a new monitor won't help at all.

Alias

 

[MCR]

Thanks everyone. I appreciate the advice. I think I will buy a new monitor
and keep it stored from what people are saying here.

If I were you I would check the monitor on another PC or the PC on
another monitor first. As I explained, my 19" CTX 'had' these problems
and it was the gfx card.

 

[Richard Urban]

It could very well be your computer changing screen resolutions when you
start some applications, such as games which use a different resolution than
that which you have chosen for your desktop. If so - it is entirely normal!

--
Regards,

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Shane]

I'm not sure if this is the wrong ng for this question, but I can't seem
to find one where this might be appropriate.

I have a 2 year old 19" monitor I bought from Dell to go with my Dell
computer. Lately, it seems to make a clicking sound, then dim and
immediately go back to full brightness. Is this a sign it is going out on
me? Should I invest in another monitor now than wait until it makes the
clicking sound, then goes dark?

I have tried Dell's support forums to no satisfaction

Any opinions or help would be appreciated.

I have a monitor that does this. I know exactly what you mean.

It started about three years ago. It would happen about, say for the sake of
argument, every hour. I waited to see if it would worsen - you know, I was
looking for clues as to whether it was the monitor or video card, and
whether it was, say, the consequence of an accumulation of dust, or what.

btw, it's not the same as degaussing! You can test that for yourself of
course. I did.

Then it stopped doing it.

Then it started again, a few weeks, or months, later, but not as frequently
as before. And it did it again about a month ago - like some old friend <g>
after going a year (or more) without doing it, or not while I was in the
room!

In all this time I haven't figured out the cause. Blowing the dust out
didn't seem to make a difference, back when I cared enough to test it.
Common sense tells me it's a sign the tube is on the way out, or maybe
there's a bad connection, dry solder joint or something. Meanwhile the other
machine here's monitor, that exhibited no signs of imminent failure, did
fail - and has been replaced with a flat screen job that cost relatively
little. CRT FST monitors must be great buys now.

My advice: if you can afford a good one, get one, otherwise wait and see.


Shane