More computer woes...

[conuly]

The image on my monitor is now vibrating all the time. Ew, headache. I managed to get around the problem by changing to 1024x728, but the fact is my monitor is too tiny to function properly at those settings either - I'm torn between tinytiny everything and shakingshaking everything.

Anybody have ANY advice?

Comments

[moggymania.livejournal.com]

Make sure there's nothing anywhere near your monitor? (Are you using a laptop or a desktop?)

[conuly]

Desktop. The only thing near the monitor is the computer itself. And it's not the monitor shaking, I'd feel that, it's the image.

[moggymania.livejournal.com]

No, I recognize the shaking behavior, I've seen other monitors doing it before... If you test it with another computer (to make sure that it's not that particular computer's video card) and it keeps doing it, it could mean the monitor itself is starting to die. :-(

Good aspect, though, is that you can get very nice CRT monitors for free (or just the cost of shipping) these days pretty easily. :-)

You might look up the video card drivers and try to update them, just sort of as a last-ditch effort to see if that helps.

(I disagree with the person saying go with an ultra-high resolution. That drops the refresh rate too low and on auties at least will cause eyestrain/headaches/etc. There's a cool page on that here at the Autistic Network (http://www.scn.org/help/monitor.html).)

[conuly]

The question of resolution is really a moot point, this monitor really doesn't do high resolution well. What's really annoying is that what you call a high resolution is now becoming "standard", and people tend to be careless. Instead of making pages that work well in MANY resolutions, they design pages to only work in ONE resolution. Stupid people. It just takes a little thought!

[conuly]

Oh, incidentally, you can screen comments by non-members in communities.