Monitor clicking at me?

[Entity]

Has anyone ever heard their monitor click at them before? I'm not talking a high-pitched whine, but more of a staccato clicking. It just started on my monitor (21" Dell CRT) and doesn't sound like it's going away.

The only time it goes away right now is when I shut the power off; changing refresh rate, hitting it, etc., doesn't really seem to do much of anything.

Any ideas? Anyone know what I'm talking about?

Any repair gurus around? Sound like this could be a flyback transformer? I don't know wtf I'm talking about.

The flyback transformer (high voltage) may make only a faint clicking or sparking noise if it fails. You may not hear it until you turn the terminal off for a while and then turn it back on again. To track down the noise you may use a piece of small rubber tubing (such as used in automobiles) as a stethoscope to listen to it. But while you are listening for the noise, the terminal is suffering more damage so try find it fast (but not so fast as to risk getting shocked).

Rob

 

[Chucko]

That sounds like the problem to me. I used to help my Dad fix monitors, when it use to be cost effective to fix them. He would buy a few bad monitors, fix them and sell them for a profit, but that was YEARS ago. A hobby really, didn't need the extra money.

Is it still under Warranty?

I used to have a 17 inch monitor that would make a hissing noise, and the only way to make it stop was to firmly touch the screen. Monitors do weird things....

Good Luck

 

[Entity]

No more warranty. I'll probably just leave it until it breaks completely, then buy a new one.

Rob

 

[BoomAM]

Monitor clicking at me?

Well click back!!!
Sorry, i just had to.

My old CRT used to click a little. But that was only when i changed resolution/refresh rate. Try switching it on then off.