[CUBE] Interesting cube video behavior

Richard Clark mawgadog at tin.it
Sat Oct 4 00:36:11 PDT 2003


If it's one of those crt's that does degausse when you turn it on it 
might be the circuitry that controls that going bad, when the screen 
dims or shrinks does the monitor make a noise?


On Oct 4, 2003, at 09:10, <butlwl1 at wfu.edu> wrote:

> Fellow list-ers,
> My cube has been exhibiting some odd video behavior as of late. I'm
> currently using my stock ATI Rage 128 Pro card (16MB) to drive an 
> older IBM
> 17" CRT monitor set at 1024x768,85Hz. Every few minutes, the screen 
> will dim
> a bit and then gradually return to normal brightness. Sometimes, the 
> screen
> will become ever-so-slightly distorted in the middle for about 3 
> seconds
> before returning to normal. Any CRT aficionados out there know if is 
> this
> the sign that the CRT is starting to go bad? Or should I be concerned 
> about
> the graphic card (possibly overheating)? The cube is totally stock 
> 450MHz
> but was upgraded with the quiet Western Digital 80gig HD. Any help on 
> this
> matter would be greatly appreciated, as I'm probably replacing this 
> CRT soon
> and would like to donate it in full working order. Thanks all.
>
> -Will Butler
> butlwl1 at wfu.edu





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