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Title: Static?
Post by: neil324 on October 04, 2005, 05:49:15 pm

Ive noticed static from inside my cabinet when i first boot up it lasts for a few minutes, i cant see it but can hear it, ive got an arcade monitor and a pc with no case inside, is it somethink i should be worried about

Title: Re: Static?
Post by: TurboC-- on October 04, 2005, 06:14:03 pm

Sounds baaaad.  Better know what you're doing w/rto the 30000 or so volts on that monitor...

Title: Re: Static?
Post by: TOK on October 04, 2005, 06:34:41 pm

Some kind of grounding strap might be necessary.
Do you have a plexi in close proximity to the monitor? Wondering if it could just be something simple like static from the screen when you fire it up.