Re: screen flicker: probably not X related

On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 19:19, Rick Miles wrote:
> David is a darn nice person I don't care what anybody says!
> 
> <snip>
> > This is going to be a tough one to diagnose.
> >
> 
> Thankfully that was not the case. I've sorted it out.
> 
> I had to rearrange the corner to the right of my desk to accommodate the 
> footprint of this hp psc 2355. So my workstation and IPCop firewall went up 
> on a shelf/platrom thingo above it with a bit of bulkhead underneath for 
> support and onto which I installed some power points for two printers two pcs 
> and associated AC/DC converters.
> 
> To maximise desk space I push monitor back so rearmost point nests slightly to 
> rear of bulkead and almost beneath a PC.  This was the problem. 
> 
> I first turned off everything including IPCop box then turned on the 
> workstation and I still had flicker. Then I pull the monitor forward 200 mm 
> or so and wobble stops.
> 
> It must not like being beneath the PC. 
> 
> I'll now have to see if a little bit of lead sheet fixed up under the 
> shelf/platform will make a difference so I can get this monitor out of my 
> face.

Funny thing; I had a customer complain of a similar issue with a new
screen I sold them. Anyway, we sent it back to the manufacturer and it
was returned with no fault found.

Turns out he had placed his printer power supply on a shelf just above
the monitor.

Andrew Laird.