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From: mdeale@vega.acs.calpoly.edu
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Sun video monitor problems
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Date: 15 Mar 89 04:11:32 GMT
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Hello folks,
   recently we've been having problems with one of our Sun 3/50's. A Sun (?)
technician while here fulfilling a service contract on a different machine
was asked why the screen blinks/flickers. He said that the problem is
static electricity -- it builds up and when it discharges the screen blanks
momentarily. Not an altogether satisfactory answer especially when he
goes on to say there's nothing we can do about it until the monitor breaks
and we have to buy a new one. Any comments on the cause of the problem or
solutions would be appreciated. Cheers and thanks,

Myron
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