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"My Monitor..."

I keep getting black bits at the side of my screen as if i've shrunk the screen with the little buttons on the monitor.

I've tried widening the screen but it's still there.

Does this make sense?

I was playing about with my settings so I might have done something without knowing?

Does anyone know how to correct it? I promise I'll leave my settings alone from now on.

Kinda, why? Does that do something to it?

Have you been re-arranging speakers in the room where the monitor is?

Sorry to pop this, but i'm sure you'd rather that than another topic.

The other day my monitor did this whoo-hoo thing, kinda like if you get a text when your phone is near it.

Then it got the black sides again.

Now it's beter. I'm scared it's going to blow up..it's not is it?

tigamilla wrote:
> (He deserved it he was a mean little man and had ripped me off in the
> past)

And as we all know, 2 wrongs always make a right.

I had a 19" CRT that used to go blank and make clicking noises fairly frequently after it heated up, I wanted to get rid of it (and was quite angry having paid £72 for it on ebay and the guy I bought it off was no longer registered) - so I switched it off, let it cool down then drove it down to a second hand part exchange shop.

The guy tested it and it worked perfectly (because it had cooled down) I collected my cash and calmly but swiftly walked out of the door...

heh heh

(He deserved it he was a mean little man and had ripped me off in the past)

I've submitted some stuff to FOLDOC before.

The guy who runs BURKS is one of my old lecturers.

Lol, fantastic! How did you come across that site?

Nimco wrote:
> It's called percussive maintenance, and is vital in the healthy
> day-to-day running of most electrical devices.

[URL]http://burks.brighton.ac.uk/burks/foldoc/38/88.htm[/URL]

Read that and follow the link.

Made me larf.

Cong_Man wrote:
> I banged the top of the monitor out of frustration and it went back
> to normal...

It's called percussive maintenance, and is vital in the healthy day-to-day running of most electrical devices.