Bang Goes My Monitor

I double clicked on my Enemy Territory icon on my dekstop yesterday and got an unexpected result. The screen went black and there was a high pitched noise from my monitor and then the Enemey Territory music came on but the screen remained black. I had to restart my machine and then no display just black. Sometimes when In start it I get a very thin column down the centre of the screen where I can see a squashed picture.

I have reseated all card etc. Any ideas. At the moment I have no spare video card or monitor but I am going to pick one up from work to test.

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yup, dead monitor.

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High pitched noise usually comes from the exciter coil on your monitor. It's the thing that energizes the tube, without it you have no light, and hence, no image. These usually blow when hit by a higher than supported refresh rate, or from excess heat or age.

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Actually, the fact you have any kind of picture indicates the Flyback Transformer is probably OK. What most likely died is some component in the horizontal deflection circuits. Long story short: Buy a new monitor. It's not worth fixing.

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