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Hey, anyone know what might cause the screen to 'wiggle'?? Just started recently, a slight wiggle to the screen.very annoying. I tried to run scandisk but it kept telling me I had two backup files (FAT) that were supposed to be identical but wern't....so I hit repair and I got another a little while later, and then another, etc. Won't let me defrag either without repairing errors on hard drive. Wazzup with that? confused here, A
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Loose cable...bad video driver....bad video card....worn video bearings causing out of alignment???? Or maybe it's just low on fluid.
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Mine was doing that a few months ago. The Sylvania folks told me my monitor was bad and to send it back for a new one (three year warranty) I never got around to it and it has since quit wiggling. Mystery I guess.
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Hey Lady......you sure it isn't just YOU?? (kidding) sometimes, I think computers just mess with us. Then mysteriously they are fixed. Or do ya ever notice when you have some extra bucks...things break? It's like appliances, cars, and computers all know when we have some money to burn....
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It can be a number of things depending exactly what "wiggle" means.
The absolute first thing I would suspect is the computer speakers. Move them away from the monitor!
ANY Dimmer light control in the house. If there's a dimmer control in the house, replace it with a regular switch. They introduce noise into the wiring, in fact you can actually hear light bulbs "sing" when they are on dimmer circuits.
You can also try just using diffrent power outlets in the house.
Make sure that outlet isnt overloaded. That wall outlet isnt on its own circuit, it's part of a circuit that runs through the entire house. Most wall outlets are rated at 15 amps but that's for the whole circuit. If you have other appliances plugged into the other outlets on that same circuit they cut down the power available. Granted it would take thirty 60 watt bulbs to add up to 15 amps but there could be some heftier appliances somewhere along the way.
If the wiggle is actually a "Hoola dance" with the whole image slowly waving back and forth like a hoola dancer, it's because of the electrical system in the house. It's either inadequate for the house or there's a source of noise in it somewhere. Some monitors are more sensitive to it than others and if this fits the description of your wiggle, I bet it's 100% due to the power problems in California!
If the wiggle is accompianied by a high pitch whine and what appears to be some funky horizontal lines in the screen, the refresh rate setting on the video card is off. This can happen out of the blue and also when you change the resolution settings. Go into the display settings: Start>Settings>Control Panel>Display>Settings Tab then click on the "Advanced" button at the bottom and in the new window that comes up go to the "Adapter" tab. Down where it says "Refresh Rate" select "Optimal"... then click "Apply" and "OK" to make the setting take place.
Any other kind of wiggle, vibration, etc is going to be one of these following things:
Cheap/bad/improperly installed video signal cable AND/OR monitor power cable - Try re-routing the cables. They might just be picking up noise from somewhere. Cheap bargain cables may not have adequate noise suppression built into them.
Old/corrupt video drivers - download and intall new ones
Failing video card - time to replace Failing monitor - time to replace
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I had this problem once and was able to fix it by changing the refresh rate of my monitor.
Here's how to do it. From the control panel go to: Display/Settings/Advanced/Adapter Change the refresh rate at the bottom of that screen to a higher number. You may have to re-boot after doing this. You may also have to change it a couple of times to get a setting that works (if this is really what your problem is). My problem was caused by some cheap flourescent fixtures in my shop that were sending some feedback through the lines.
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WOW, so many possibilities!!! First, I did have the speakers right next to it, so i moved them up on a shelf. But this has been more of a recent (last two days) thing. It's not waving, this is a jiggling, intermittent side to side vibration, just enough to be noticeable and annoying. I would guess it's the video card gone bad, the monitor is a Sony trinitron ($350 new) I bought with my first computer 3+ years ago. I hope it's not going, it's smaller than I would like but has excellent rez and color. I sure hope they have come down in price because I would want to replace it with another Sony Trin. AND,...I have been guilty of having a lot of stuff plugged into the only outlet in the room......but not the only outlet on this curcuit... You don't want to know how much! Thanks, A
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I have had both "wiggly" screen displays and the jerking type you also describe. The first is usually caused by interference, such as what Mike has said, but in my case I had my drawing pad to close to the screen or in my brother's case to close to the furnace (basement setup). My other computer upstairs would jerk intermittently which I traced to a bad video cable.
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I just moved my computer over to the other side of my house (to avoid ruble from rebuilding my kitchen) and I was having this weird kinda wave only on one side of the screen ... just now moved the speaker ... no more wave .... Thanks Mike
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Try moving the power cable and video cable around a bit and see if that helps any. These two cables can pick up noise from the most unsuspecting sources.
I know the jiggle quite well. It's interference somewhere, whether it's comin in through the cables, from fluorescent lamps, from a dimmer switch or just some other electrically noisy device. And yes, It could be a failing part inside the monitor although I would check the cables first and even replace the video signal cable.
It also sounds like you might have something noisy plugged into one of those heavily loaded circuits there. Try unplugging everything else but the computer. =)
Try pluggin the computer and monitor into other outlets around the house, just use an extension cord.
If that doesnt yield any results, take the monitor to a friends house and plug it into their computer. If it does the wiggle-jiggle there, you know it's the monitor.
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