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Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: stellarola on March 14, 2006, 02:05:55 am

Title: Flickering monitor problems?? Ken...someone??
Post by: stellarola on March 14, 2006, 02:05:55 am

I'm about to purchase a cabinet from someone. I havent seen the cabinet, but from what he tells me the monitor has issues. This is what he said...

"After about 6-7 minutes the bottom portion of the screen starts to gently wobble, distorting the image in the process.  Then gradually gets voilently flickery in that region of the screen.. after a while settles down again to normal.. then repeats"

Any ideas on what this could be and could it be an easy fix or a monitor replacement?

The monitor is japanese and is 29", a 27"inch U.S. size.

Thanks in advance! :D

Title: Re: Flickering monitor problems?? Ken...someone??
Post by: Ken Layton on March 14, 2006, 02:09:54 am

Sounds like bad capacitors.

Title: Re: Flickering monitor problems?? Ken...someone??
Post by: stellarola on March 14, 2006, 02:18:44 am

Sounds good, any other possible candidates or bad caps sounds like the culprit?

Title: Re: Flickering monitor problems?? Ken...someone??
Post by: Ken Layton on March 14, 2006, 10:23:23 am

Capacitors that have gone off value can cause flickering in the image due to poor filtering.

Title: Re: Flickering monitor problems?? Ken...someone??
Post by: stellarola on March 14, 2006, 01:15:11 pm

thanks again Ken, thats what I wanted to hear.  ;D ;D