deaf_girl Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 I'm visiting friends and they put me to work trying to figure out whats wrong with their display. At random the screen will start to flicker and then completely mess up. By moving the monitor it sometimes goes back to normal for a few minutes and then mess up again.I had noticed that the speakers were really close to the monitor and had been for a while. I moved them a safe distance away but the problem still exists. Could that have messed up the monitor?The system is an AMD 4400+ with 2GB of RAM and it's running the MSI mobo with onboard graphics (nvidia 6150).I'm trying to get a hold of another monitor to rule out the one they're using now but any other ideas? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bozodog Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 Not sure, but it may be a bad cable. Try switching that out first. Speakers can mess up monitors but not that way. Are they "computer" speakers? If so they are shielded to protect the monitor. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
deaf_girl Posted December 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 The speakers are separate from the monitor. They are logitech speakers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
garmanma Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 Are we talking CRT or LCD? Make sure connections are tight and that any pins in the plug aren't bentMark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JSKY Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 When you moved the monitor, did it also move the cord to the PC?Try unconnecting the monitor from the PC and reconnecting it back up. If that doesn't help, try moving the cable starting from the PC all the way to the monitor to see if at some point the monitor starts to flicker. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
deaf_girl Posted December 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 It's an Acer 19" LCD.I replaced the monitor cable and everything seems ok for now. I'll let you know if any further problems come upThank you for your help Quote Link to post Share on other sites
deaf_girl Posted December 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2007 The new cable didn't work. I tried a third but the same thing keeps happening. I hooked up an old CRT monitor and waiting to see it does anything. If it is the on-board video messing up, would installing a video card help? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JSKY Posted December 24, 2007 Report Share Posted December 24, 2007 If it is the onboard, yes a good graphics card will really help. Tho onboard graphic cards are not bad. But. If you really want to get into heavy video rendering. You need to get it out of a good graphic card. Shop around, You can get a good one for under $100. But if they want to get deep into gaming or something like poser rendering, you could find a card that will really preform going for up to $800. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 I have seen quite a few boards that don't send a signal to the monitor, and almost always the whole mother board is bad(not just the video). When this happens, do you notice if it makes a post beep? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
deaf_girl Posted December 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 We switched to an old CRT and everything is working fine. So it must be the LCD monitor. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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