[net.micro.amiga] monitor flakiness?

hamilton@uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU (01/01/86)

for the last three months, i've had my amiga in my noisy office.
i've seen a tendency for the 1080 monitor to badly flicker
periodically -- it only lasts a second, like a "visible bell",
and happens at ~4-5 minute intervals.  i had it pegged as just
a slight flakiness in the software, and ignored it.

over the holidays i took it home again and noticed that the
flickers are accompanied by a snapping sound like a spark discharge.
the technician at my dealer thinks he's noticed a similar effect
on one of the store's display models.  anyone else seen this?

	wayne hamilton
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dts@gitpyr.UUCP (Danny Sharpe) (01/05/86)

In article <148600029@uiucuxc> hamilton@uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU writes:
>
>i've seen a tendency for the 1080 monitor to badly flicker
>periodically -- it only lasts a second, like a "visible bell",
>and happens at ~4-5 minute intervals.  i had it pegged as just
>a slight flakiness in the software, and ignored it.
>
>over the holidays i took it home again and noticed that the
>flickers are accompanied by a snapping sound like a spark discharge.

Mine has done it a few times.  Not frequently -- probably once in ten
hours of uptime.

                                               -Danny
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