Greetings All
At 01:13 AM 4/15/98 -0400, Billy Bushong - Concord, NH wrote:
>>had a TTX 17" monitor attached up to a ATI Mach64 on my Pentium-based
>>Redhat 4.2 box, everything was just hunky-dory until last night.
>>suddenly smell something burnt...
>
>I don't total understand what you are saying about when it makes the
>noise... Is it only in X-Windows?? Or does it make the noise at the regular
>prompt? X can destroy a monitor (From what I hear... I have no personal
>experience) if you set the sync rate to high in the XF86config program (Or
>whatever you use). But if you get the same problem at the regular prompt,
>then obviously that is not the problem!
>
>My next suggestion would be to try changing the power cord... I don't see
>how a video card could directly affect the "health" of a monitor... Though
>it maybe possible and I'm just not aware of it.
The ATI card's refresh can be turned up high enough to damage most monitors
(Some ATI cards can sync as high as 220 Mhz!) - However, unless there have
been some configuration changes, the sync rate normally doesn't just start
climbing... If it's a fairly new card, I'd take it back and have the store
check it.. Let them toast their monitors, instead of your own...
As always, YMMV - Heath Doane
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