[Gllug] Nasty monitor - giveaway

[Alistair Mann]

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Thus spaketh Branden Faulls on Thursday 15 May 2003 2:40 pm:
> Tethys wrote:
> > FYI, this is usually quite easy to fix. If the monitor doesn't have an
> > on screen gun alignment setting, then just take the case off and tweak
> > the alignment resistors.
>
> This is unrelated but there appears to be some expertise here I could
> avail myself of...

I'm new here, but it looks like it :-)

> My Trinitron monitor "clicks" off when I turn it off in the morning. I
> turn it on and it cycles back and forth from on to standby then off.
> Sounds like a turn signal in the car.  Takes me a good twenty minutes
> till the thing will stay on, then it's fine for the rest of the day.
>
> Any thoughts?  Is it hardware or misconfigured XFree86 or a PEBCAK
> [Problem Exists Between Chair and Keyboard].  Is there a fix similar to
> the one mentioned above for this sort of problem?

IME, this is more likely a poorly soldered joint; it takes a while for the 
thing to warm up, so until it does it switches state frequently. 

Best evidence for that is to leave the thing alone in a hot room and in the 
sunshine. Is the problem reduced? That's a bad soldering problem. Solution 
depends on whether it's in guarantee, or if you enjoy 'doing hardware'.

You can rule out X & the hardware by attaching it to another machine with a 
difference video card, and noting if the problem still occurs.

Best wishes,
- -- 
Alistair
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