On Friday 13 August 2004 09:07 pm, Randall R Schulz wrote:
The symptoms you describe don't sound like something that can be caused by software problems. Is the monitor the only thing that is new?
If the cable from the video card to the monitor is new, perhaps it's poorly shielded or defective? Otherwise, it's possible that the new monitor is faulty. If there's another computer or video source to which you can connect it and the symptom persists, it's probably got a problem.
Thanks for responding Randall. The reason I doubt the faulty hardware theory is because the same symptoms (especially the wave effect in the text consoles) existed on the old monitor. By way of a comparison of the kind you suggest, for several days while waiting for the new monitor to be delivered I had to connect my 27" TV to the computer via the S-Video output on the video card, and the wave effect was very pronounced on the TV screen as well. I suppose the card could be faulty; well I'm still scratching my head. It's a livable situation, unless the still slightly noticeable jitter at the lower res is having some kind of deleterious effect on the monitor which I just spent money on :-/ -- Bryce Hardy (Santa Rosa, CA USA) cygnia@sonic.net