Sounds to me like the refresh rate my be set too high and the monitor is eating itself. But I would think that a recent monitor would just reject a refresh rate that was set too high. All my Sony and Hitachi monitors just refuse to run at a refresh rate that is not supported. Both flyback transformers and caps will discolor when abused, this is visable if you open the case. Caps are easy if they are not too burned, you can order a new one through digikey, if you can read the specs. In the case of a fried flyback I always just replaced the HV card in the monitor. The flyback will often have a needle sized hole burned in the casing. You can both smell and hear this , it smells like a thunderstorm and sounds like a car with a pinhole leak somewhere in the catalytic converter, much like pushing air through your teeth. If you decide to swap the HV card on your own be careful to discharge the tube before you try to disconnect it, two screwdrivers work well for this. One the is inserted into the hole in the back of the tube and one that is slid down the first and makes contact with the back of the tube, you will get a nice blue arc about 1/4 inch long. Do that a couple of times before attempting to disconnect the card from the tube, the connection will often look like a suction cup with two prongs in it. If you don't do this it you will probably not die but you will jump higher and faster than you ever have. (50KV will do that) The couple of times I didn't fully discharge a tube before trying to change out a HV card I lost the feeling in a couple of fingers for a week or so, it burns a really neat hole in your finger as you jump straight up nearly 3 feet. Interesting to say the least. You are better off just tossing the old monitor and buying a new one. SG, O.S.D. > >Hi > >Thanks Dave and Kent for the info. I tried the Ctrl/Alt/{+,-} thing, and it >did >have a slight effect, or at least I could convince myself that I heard >something of a difference. > >I've also noticed that it doesn't start right away after the Linux login >screen >comes, but takes a couple of minutes. Also, as soon as it kicks out of >graphics >mode on reboot, the sound goes away (I can still hear it in my head -- >Arrrggh). > >Do you think this is a defective monitor or is it something I've done with >the >driver, such as using the wrong one (and therefore the rest are working their >way to a problem also). > >Thanks again > >Ed >_______________________________________________ >tclug-list mailing list >tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >