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  1. #1
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    Default We learn every day

    I have just changed my old 15" monitor to an almost new 17". It cost $70.00.

    The change is tremendous. I like it. Maybe, one day, when I am rich I will buy one of those flat screen ones.

    Now, the 15" had a shake in it, it has had for a couple of years. I asked at a technology centre how much to repair it. I was told it would cost $70.00 to have a look and extra if it was fixable, no full quote available.

    I loaded up the 17" one and guess what, It had a shake in it.:eek:

    The set up was the same as it always has been on my computer desk.

    Trying to think of causes I recalled that with my stereo set up I had the speakers close to the TV. A red magnetic glow used to show on each corner of the TV set even if the stereo was not on.:confused:

    Using this thought I looked around my monitor. On the right hand side, where the shake was most prominent, I had a transformer for the scanner and a mobile phone charger.

    I removed these devices and Whalla!! no shake.

    I reckon that my 15" would prove the trick so I hooked it up and, yes , No shake. All that blooming eye strain for nothing.

    I am also told, now that everyone else is an expert, that the magnetic field of the earth will sometimes affect a monitor.

    Peter R

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    Just got my V sat set up.
    it's fantastic.
    it runs at 10.0 mbps.
    dont even have time for a coffee.
    looks like Cape Canaveral here !
    ptc
    p.t.c

  3. #3
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    Default Close the thread

    Hey! , isn't it time that this thread was closed? with all the replies it is blocking up the system....BUT, did you notice not one pancake?

    Don't let any in now that I have told you, Please!!!!!!!

    Peter R.

  4. #4
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    Happy to hear about the end of your monitor troubles. But does the new one make pancakes?

    Rus.

  5. #5
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    One other thing that makes a big difference to a monitor is the refresh rate. It should be 75Hertz minimum, 60 Hertz is too low. Properties/Settings/Advanced/Monitor/Screen Refresh Rate.

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