On 04/06/2012 04:44 PM, Richard C. Steffens wrote: > On 04/06/2012 04:01 PM, Robert Munro wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 09:17:15 -0700 "Richard C. Steffens" wrote: >>> <snip> >>> >>> So, does this sound like a fixable thing? >>> >>> Does it sound like a relatively inexpensive fix? >>> >>> Any recommended monitor service shops? >> This comes up here from time to time. A couple of years ago I called >> around and found a guy that can at times repair old failing monitors. >> >> He replaced some caps in a 19" Hitachi 751 CRT monitor for $50 and it >> has been working great ever since. He even picked up and returned it. >> >> Another old monitor I'd got at Free Geek for $20 he could not repair, >> he said, but he didn't charge me anything to look at it and I let him >> keep it for parts. >> >> I cannot read his handwritten name on an old receipt, but his phone >> number was 503-860-8268. If you call him, tell him I sent you. YMMV. > Thanks! If cleaning the contacts doesn't work I'll give him a call.
Cleaning the contacts may have worked. When I disconnected the ViewSonic from the computer I replaced it with another Samsung. The Samsung is VGA only, so I put in a DVI to VGA adapter. That act may have cleaned the contacts on the video card. The ViewSonic also has a VGA socket, so this morning I moved the VGA cable from the Samsung to the ViewSonic. Once I powered up the ViewSonic worked as before -- no jitters. I guess I don't really know if the problem was dirty contacts on the video card, or dirty contacts on the DVI port of the monitor, or something else inside the monitor. But I'm happy that it's working again because I had grown accustomed to having the 1680 x 1050 monitor next to a 1280 x 1024 monitor. I have a couple of applications that need the extra width to work well. Thanks to all for the advice. -- Regards, Dick Steffens _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
