> Hi,

> I'm not sure if this is the right group to post this question but I don't
> know if such a group exists.
> About six month ago I built my own PC using Supermicro mob. I also bought
> Matrox G200 (retail version) AGP card and Sony Multiscan 400 PS 19 inch
> monitor. So far everything has been working all right, until the last few
> days.
> The problem is with the monitor, suddenly it goes completely out of
focus. I
> can still see on the screen outlines of all open windows but everything
is
> blurred and unreadable.
> First I thought that it might be a bug in one of the applications that
I'm
> using but even after a reboot while I'm watching booting sequence I can
see
> that all DOS messages are blurred and out of focus.
> Usually turning the PC and the monitor off for a while cures the problem
> until next time.

> I wonder if anybody seen something like that ? I also wonder if is it the
> monitor that is at fault or is it the video card ?

> Any ideas ?

> Thanks - Tom Ross

> Mike

> Tom wrote:

> > Hi,

> > I'm not sure if this is the right group to post this question but I
don't
> > know if such a group exists.
> > About six month ago I built my own PC using Supermicro mob. I also
bought
> > Matrox G200 (retail version) AGP card and Sony Multiscan 400 PS 19 inch
> > monitor. So far everything has been working all right, until the last
few
> > days.
> > The problem is with the monitor, suddenly it goes completely out of
> focus. I
> > can still see on the screen outlines of all open windows but everything
> is
> > blurred and unreadable.
> > First I thought that it might be a bug in one of the applications that
> I'm
> > using but even after a reboot while I'm watching booting sequence I can
> see
> > that all DOS messages are blurred and out of focus.
> > Usually turning the PC and the monitor off for a while cures the problem
> > until next time.

> > I wonder if anybody seen something like that ? I also wonder if is it
the
> > monitor that is at fault or is it the video card ?

> > Any ideas ?

> > Thanks - Tom Ross

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> I'm not sure if this is the right group to post this question but I don't
> know if such a group exists.
> About six month ago I built my own PC using Supermicro mob. I also bought
> Matrox G200 (retail version) AGP card and Sony Multiscan 400 PS 19 inch
> monitor. So far everything has been working all right, until the last few
> days.
> The problem is with the monitor, suddenly it goes completely out of focus. I
> can still see on the screen outlines of all open windows but everything is
> blurred and unreadable.
> First I thought that it might be a bug in one of the applications that I'm
> using but even after a reboot while I'm watching booting sequence I can see
> that all DOS messages are blurred and out of focus.
> Usually turning the PC and the monitor off for a while cures the problem
> until next time.

> I wonder if anybody seen something like that ? I also wonder if is it the
> monitor that is at fault or is it the video card ?

> Any ideas ?

> Thanks - Tom Ross

> try to turn the mains plug of your monitor a 180 degree to change the
phase
> leading wire.
> This helped me recently.

> ArNe