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Monitor Crackling Noise again
Hi, my monitor made a very harsh crackling noise when opening a high
resolution video file in Winamp...I've heard that the noise could be related to the voltage going to the monitor and something called 'arcing'. Could it be related to my video card, my old TNT2 broke, so I put an old 8mb AGP card back in, but I had similar problems with that card, although this is the worst noise I've heard. Could the monitor or the CRT tube have been damaged in any way? Hi, my monitor often makes a crackling or popping noise when I close a big window on the screen or when I switch windows. Can this damage the monitor or the CRT tube? I have a 17 inch BenQ V772 monitor but only a tnt2 32 mb video card. I find that when I'm using less bandwidth on my 56 k modem the noise is less or doesn't happen at all when closing windows or switching window. Does this crackling and popping noise have anything to do with the PC's memory or resources and could my monitor have been damaged from it? Thanks, |
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Monitors have a high-voltage circuit and the CRT itself acts as a large
capacitor. As dust and grime builds up inside the monitor it creates wonderful paths for high voltage to travel to where it shouldn't. This can lead to arcing (think of lightning on a smaller scale). Could be an arc from the ultor (the "suction cup" on the CRT) or could be from the flyback itself. Or anywhere in-between. In any case, it's not good for the monitor because eventually you'll zap the electronics. It the monitor is still working, no obvious or major damage has been done ...yet... But again, you don't want to keep running like this. Running at different resolutions and refresh rates will cause high voltages to be different and so this could be why you will get more "crackling" when using a particular card. Also, changing images on the screen cause coltages to change as well and can initiate an arc. I'm sure that if you maximize a window with a white background and then minimize/maximize a fw times...You'll get some arcing going on due to voltage changes. Has nothing to do with system resources or memory issues. If the monitor is one you like and not just some junky thing - take it to a shop and have it serviced. Otherwise, just use it until it dies if you want to take a chance. -Steve Michael wrote in message om... Hi, my monitor made a very harsh crackling noise when opening a high resolution video file in Winamp...I've heard that the noise could be related to the voltage going to the monitor and something called 'arcing'. Could it be related to my video card, my old TNT2 broke, so I put an old 8mb AGP card back in, but I had similar problems with that card, although this is the worst noise I've heard. Could the monitor or the CRT tube have been damaged in any way? Hi, my monitor often makes a crackling or popping noise when I close a big window on the screen or when I switch windows. Can this damage the monitor or the CRT tube? I have a 17 inch BenQ V772 monitor but only a tnt2 32 mb video card. I find that when I'm using less bandwidth on my 56 k modem the noise is less or doesn't happen at all when closing windows or switching window. Does this crackling and popping noise have anything to do with the PC's memory or resources and could my monitor have been damaged from it? Thanks, |
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