Monitor distortion (At my wit's end)

[David]

I am at my wit's end on this one. I have a system at work
that has a problem. The image on the monitor is wavy near
the top right. It is a work computer running XP pro. The
system is an Intel P4 1.6 GHZ, 512 Ram (No frills). Since
the problem started we have done the following things:

Degaussed the monitor - no effect
Tried a different monitor - no effect
Replaced the integrated video card with an Nvidia 32mb
Geforce (PCI slot because system does not have an AGP
slot) - no effect
Adjusted the refresh rate, hardware acceleration, display
properties - no effect.

My next step it to move the video card as far away from
the integrated sound and NIC card to make sure there is no
interference.

Could someone give me a clue? This is the boss's computer
and, therefore, I will never get any rest until it is
resolved.

[David Hollway]

"David" <> wrote in message ...
> I am at my wit's end on this one. I have a system at work
> that has a problem. The image on the monitor is wavy near
> the top right. It is a work computer running XP pro. The
> system is an Intel P4 1.6 GHZ, 512 Ram (No frills). Since
> the problem started we have done the following things:
>
> Degaussed the monitor - no effect
> Tried a different monitor - no effect
> Replaced the integrated video card with an Nvidia 32mb
> Geforce (PCI slot because system does not have an AGP
> slot) - no effect
> Adjusted the refresh rate, hardware acceleration, display
> properties - no effect.

Hi David,

You don't say whether the monitors you've tried are CRT or TFT type, but if
they're CRT, have you checked that there's no unshielded magnetic source
near the top of the screen - for example, a clip-on speaker? Or perhaps a
magnetic desk ornament of some sort?
Have you tried a TFT screen? If a TFT shows distortion too, then it's
definitely the signal into the monitor that's at fault, although I must
admit that you seem to have tried just about everything that I'd have
suggested for remedying that.

Hope this helps..?

[NoNoBadDog!]

I had a similar problem on a machine with an ATI card. After much hair
pulling, I discovered that someone had turned on composite synch; I turned
it off and the waviness in the upper right corner went away.

Bobby


"David Hollway" > wrote in message
...
> "David" <> wrote in message ...
> > I am at my wit's end on this one. I have a system at work
> > that has a problem. The image on the monitor is wavy near
> > the top right. It is a work computer running XP pro. The
> > system is an Intel P4 1.6 GHZ, 512 Ram (No frills). Since
> > the problem started we have done the following things:
> >
> > Degaussed the monitor - no effect
> > Tried a different monitor - no effect
> > Replaced the integrated video card with an Nvidia 32mb
> > Geforce (PCI slot because system does not have an AGP
> > slot) - no effect
> > Adjusted the refresh rate, hardware acceleration, display
> > properties - no effect.
>
> Hi David,
>
> You don't say whether the monitors you've tried are CRT or TFT type, but
if
> they're CRT, have you checked that there's no unshielded magnetic source
> near the top of the screen - for example, a clip-on speaker? Or perhaps a
> magnetic desk ornament of some sort?
> Have you tried a TFT screen? If a TFT shows distortion too, then it's
> definitely the signal into the monitor that's at fault, although I must
> admit that you seem to have tried just about everything that I'd have
> suggested for remedying that.
>
> Hope this helps..?
>
>

[David]

Sorry. The monitor is a CRT. Also, I am not familiar with
the Composite Synch. Can you fill me in on that?

Thanks,
David