Monitor blinks on and off

[moemac8]

All the sudden my moniter has started blinking infrequently. Its only two years old. Here's my rig

Sony G420 19"
Asylum GF FX 5900 non ultra
P4 2.8 (800 fsb)
Abit IS7-E mb

Any ideas?? I am running 1280 X 1024 at 85mhz refresh

 

[amdskip]

Try backing down the refresh rate a little and see what happens. What do you mean by blinking infrequently? Just flashing slightly or what?

 

[moemac8]

It's like the monitor turns off and the screen goes black, just for a fraction of a second. I went down to 75 mhz, hasnt done it yet since I backed it down.

 

[moemac8]

I backed don the refresh to 75mhz and now it seems as if the screen is slightly vibrating. All the text seems like it is shaking.

 

[Unforgiven]

do you have any electrical appliances directly next to your monitor? ie: a large fan, a tv, a stereo? if you have a fan close that can interfere with your monitor and cause it to do the shakes and flicker....

 

[ANOTHERROBOT]

I had a nec that had a short on the power cable just as it passed the opening. It would do the same thing - I had to jar it around a bt and it would pop back on. It was under warranty so they sent me a refurbished one.

-J

 

[moemac8]

The only thing i have near is the cpu tower a couple of feet away. I went and dropped the res down to 1152X864 and used it for for an hour before it blinked again. It makes a popping noise, a snap sound when it does it. I went and tightened my video cable but it didnt help. Hope my monitors is the problem. Gonna switch out the video card tomorrow