Clicking noise coming from inside a CRT monitor.
Cause | Solution |
Electronic relays have been activated inside the monitor.
None. It is normal for some monitors to make a clicking noise when turned on and off, when going in and out of standby mode, and when changing resolutions.
High pitched noise coming from inside a flat panel monitor.
Cause | Solution |
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Brightness and/or contrast settings are too high. | Lower brightness and/or contrast settings. |
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Fuzzy focus; streaking, ghosting, or shadowing effects; horizontal scrolling lines; faint vertical bars; or unable to center the picture on the screen (flat panel monitors using an analog VGA input connection only).
Cause | Solution |
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Flat panel monitor’s internal digital conversion circuits may | 1. Select the monitor’s |
be unable to correctly interpret the output synchronization of | monitor’s |
the graphics card. | 2. Manually synchronize the Clock and Clock Phase on- |
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| screen display functions. To download a SoftPaq that |
| will assist you with the synchronization, go to the |
| following Web site, select the appropriate monitor, and |
| download either SP32347 or SP32202: |
| http://www.hp.com/support |
Graphics card is not seated properly or is bad.
1.Reseat the graphics card.
2.Replace the graphics card.
Certain typed symbols do not appear correct.
Cause | Solution |
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The font you are using does not support that particular | Use the Character Map to locate and select the appropriate |
symbol. | symbol. Click Start > All Programs > Accessories > |
| System Tools > Character Map. You can copy the symbol |
| from the Character Map into a document. |
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