screen keeps moving

[chipy]

hi guys,

My desktop/screen keeps moving after I reboot or change users. I have to readjust the screen using the monitor controls. Is there someway to permanently fix this? I haven't had this happen to me before and it's getting on my nerves! BTW, I have a Sony G400 monitor.

much thanx,

chipy

 

[johnjkr1]

Could it perhaps be some electrical interference? Speakers, fans, etc?

 

[chipy]

The screen doesn't move constantly though... the screen is "mis-sized" to the left or right by a few millimeters.

Can eletrical interference do this?

Thanks!

 

[mryellow2]

Might be moving slightly after the tubes warm up/cool down giving you slight but consistent shifts. Dunno how you would fix this though.

 

[johnjkr1]

Electrical interference can do exactly that. But if it ONLY happens when you change users or reboot, that is a different story.

 

[mechBgon]

Could it be that the resolution and/or refresh rate is changing?

 

[lobadobadingdong]

That's a pretty old monitor (I believe they stopped making those sometime in 2001), it could be (most likely) the tube is simply starting to show it's age.

I've also seen cheap monitors do this from the start, just set the monitor adjustments centered and don't fill the whole screen, the next time it shifts it should still be in view.

 

[chipy]

Thanks for all those that replied. I always appreciate the responses here on Anandtech!

Chipy

 

[nork]

Heres another one. If your monitor has the a standard vga cable, and its the type that can be removed, then get yourself a svga cable. The svga has a "bump" on one or both ends, right before the actual connector. So if your cable doesnt then get one that does and that may fix your problem.
both vga and svga cables will work on a monitor, but svga works much better. Sometimes, if you happen to have a "choke" sitting around, you can put that on your cable and that will take care of the prob. A "choke" is a round magnet that goes over the cable just before the connector and that is what that "bump" is in a svga cable.