CRT flickering like mad on wakeup

[Ric Moore]

On Fri, 2010-10-22 at 17:33 +1100, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 22/10/2010 16:07, Ric Moore wrote:
> > On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 16:53 +1100, Basil Chupin wrote:
> >
> >    
> >> PS I still think that the CRT monitor is on the way out. Some component
> >> cannot handle the strain and is displaying that strain by doing what you
> >> are seeing. Had a similar problem with one of my CRTs when I was using them.
> >>      
> > Oh hell, just got back from a trip to Raleigh North Carolanky for four
> > days. I took my server with me, and we converted a nasty Win machine to
> > Ubuntu 10.10. MY goal is to rid our NonProfit of all Winders, but the
> > staff has much trepidation. So, I JUST got back, plugged everything back
> > up, including this monster Dell which I left behind. Fired it up, and
> > during post the damn thing started going off like Chinese New Years.
> > Flicking like mad, before Linux had a thing to do with it. Oh hell...
> > Gonna google around on this. ME thinks I'll open up the backside and
> > give it a good vacuuming first.
> >
> > I'll save the theatrics for later, when I take a pipe wrench to it to
> > fix it for good. Ric
> >    
> 
> 
> Told you.
> 
> Unless you really know what you are doing, which you probably don't, the 
> best solution is to either get a second-hand CRT replacement[1] or get 
> an LCD widescreen.
> 
> For whatever this advice is worth, all my LCDs are VIEWSONICS. Go for 
> the VX2433 (or later).
> 
> [1] As you know, CRTs are only a TV set without the receiver. Perhaps 
> you have a local TV serviceman who will restore your Dell to a working unit?

I'll try the shop-vac trick first, that I can afford. Could just be a
bunch of lint up this dinosaur's backside. It's probably the biggest one
they sold, as the desk sags where it sits. But with my lousy eyesight, I
need this big 21" sucker. 
-- 
My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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