Damnit - make it stop shaking

[LynneSin]

I have this great 21" monitor at work which is perfect for my job (which deals with massive size spreadsheets)

But now my monitor has the annoying "Shakes" where the picture vibrates. If I lose this monitor I'll probably be stuck on a crappy 17" job.

:cry: MAKE IT GO AWAY!!

[anarch]

1. have you tried hitting it real hard?

I make no warranty regarding the results....

[LynneSin]

2. Actually yes

:cry:

[anarch]

3. well, damn...that was pretty much the extent of my technical advice

I hate faulty monitors...so very annoying! Maybe it will just stop doing that....

[GOPisEvil]

4. Do you have anything electric near it?

Or anything electric plugged into the same outlet.

At my cube, I had to plug my little fan into a different outlet because the interference caused that problem with my monitor.

[LynneSin]

5. Just the computer

:cry:

I brought in my new MP3 player but that can't be it

[GOPisEvil]

6. Hmmm...it has to be some sort of interference.

Hmmm...I hope you can figure it out. I loved my 21" monitor. It was probably the best thing about my old job. ;)

[LynneSin]

7. I'm working on getting a replacement

they know I need the big screen for my job!

[GOPisEvil]

8. I was lucky to get mine.

I was in a special project with its own budget. Ahhhh...those were the days. :D

[Wapsie B]

9. How old is it?

I'm sure even if it's a flat panet monitor they've got a certain life expectancy like anything else. If it's one of those big old CRT monitors I've dealt with that before. It was on it's last legs.

[lizziegrace]

10. Anything new running?

Like an electric heater on the same circuit? My monitor at home "shakes" when the microwave is being used.

[Ellen Forradalom]

11. Stop feeding it quarters

Oh---you're talking about a monitor--not a vibrating bed at a Motel 6.

[underpants]

12. It probably fears the Eagles offensive juggernaut

[Doc Sardonic]

13. It's probably your video cable .......

for that size monitor you need a high integrity cable. This cable speed the data transfer to the monitor and filters out the line noise giving a clean data stream. thus the shakes and ghosting are eliminated.

[Roland99]

14. It's the whatchamacallit. You need to buy a new doohickey.

[Deja Q]

15. LCD (thin anorexic looking thing) or CRT (Fat Albert on dope)?

The latter is susceptible to electric fields produced by audio speakers, running motors, fluorescent lights...

[LynneSin]

18. My monitor makes Fat Albert look anorexic

It stopped shaking for now but they're working on getting me a new one

[no name no slogan]

16. That's what she said

n/t

[Spacemom]

17. My husband would say

check the fixer valve. :D

I had the same problem, and it was from my fan being too close to the monitor.

Wish I could offer more help. :shrug: