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From: robin@sabre.austin.ibm.com (Robin D. Wilson/1000000)
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Subject: Re: Monitor problems
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Date: 9 Apr 90 21:41:49 GMT
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In article <1368@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) writes:
>In <1990Apr8.174215.6461@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>, es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes:
>>just like to know what I can do about it. The problem is that I will
>>see this little line that stretches horizontally across the screen
>>move up from the bottom to the top of the screen. So far, it is only
>
>The most comnon cause of that problem is the presence, nearby, of another
>monitor or TV set. On any two monitors, unless they are being driven by the
>same video source, you can have a small variation in scan frequencies. This
>will cause the symptoms you describe, with the speed of the moving line being a
>function of the frequency difference.  Best solution is to physically separate
>the monitors.

I have this problem, but it is not caused by another monitor.  The only other 
monitor I have is my T.V. and it is in another room -- at least 30 feet 
away.


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