monitor flashes on and off

Hi,
My monitor flashes on and off in IE, so downloaded Firefox again but it
still happens. (I have just reinstalled Vista after a virus infection). Have
scanned for any viruses but all is OK. Have also used Adaware to check for
any spyware. Have Norton antivirus and firewall, would this be the problem?
I had AVG prior to this and just the windows firewall.
Can I fix this without installing Vista again?
Thanks

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:14:05 +1000, "maeve" <>
wrote:

>Hi,
>My monitor flashes on and off in IE, so downloaded Firefox again but it
>still happens. (I have just reinstalled Vista after a virus infection). Have
>scanned for any viruses but all is OK. Have also used Adaware to check for
>any spyware. Have Norton antivirus and firewall, would this be the problem?
>I had AVG prior to this and just the windows firewall.
>Can I fix this without installing Vista again?

Did you install the proper video drivers after reinstalling Vista?

"maeve" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Hi,
> My monitor flashes on and off in IE, so downloaded Firefox again but it
> still happens. (I have just reinstalled Vista after a virus infection).
> Have scanned for any viruses but all is OK. Have also used Adaware to
> check for any spyware. Have Norton antivirus and firewall, would this be
> the problem? I had AVG prior to this and just the windows firewall.
> Can I fix this without installing Vista again?
> Thanks



You see, there are "stupid questions"!

Thanks for your input Sinner, it's just how I think a mature 'expert' would
respond to a query from a senior wanting help! I am sorry that this stupid
woman from Australia would waste your valuable time. I am also sorry that
my question was repeated as I didn't think it had gone. Maybe I should try
another way to have an informed opinion for my problem and not bother with
these newsgroups again.


"Sinner" <> wrote in message
news:Foeek.270$...
> "maeve" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> Hi,
>> My monitor flashes on and off in IE, so downloaded Firefox again but it
>> still happens. (I have just reinstalled Vista after a virus infection).
>> Have scanned for any viruses but all is OK. Have also used Adaware to
>> check for any spyware. Have Norton antivirus and firewall, would this be
>> the problem? I had AVG prior to this and just the windows firewall.
>> Can I fix this without installing Vista again?
>> Thanks
>
>
>
> You see, there are "stupid questions"!
>
>
>

"maeve" <> wrote in message
news:58FE1021-825A-44BD-AEEF-...
> Thanks for your input Sinner, it's just how I think a mature 'expert'
> would respond to a query from a senior wanting help! I am sorry that this
> stupid woman from Australia would waste your valuable time. I am also
> sorry that my question was repeated as I didn't think it had gone. Maybe I
> should try another way to have an informed opinion for my problem and not
> bother with these newsgroups again.
>
>

Well, my response came from a senior (60) that's been reading far too many
of these posts. You are right about one thing, there's help much closer to
home than these newsgroups.

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:02:43 +1000, "maeve" <>
wrote:

>Thanks for your input Sinner, it's just how I think a mature 'expert' would
>respond to a query from a senior wanting help! I am sorry that this stupid
>woman from Australia would waste your valuable time.

I can understand your using "senior" and "stupid woman" to gain
sympathy from your post, but what's with adding "Australia" to the
list?

Do Australians have an inferiority complex about their country of
origin?

"maeve" <> wrote in message
news:58FE1021-825A-44BD-AEEF-...
> Thanks for your input Sinner, it's just how I think a mature 'expert'
> would respond to a query from a senior wanting help! I am sorry that this
> stupid woman from Australia would waste your valuable time. I am also
> sorry that my question was repeated as I didn't think it had gone. Maybe I
> should try another way to have an informed opinion for my problem and not
> bother with these newsgroups again.

Calm down "old chook"
Can I ask did you [or the installer] use the recovery partion to
reinstall Vista, if so, then the correct drivers would have been
installed,
If this isn't the case go to the Acer web site in OZ and look for
your PC model they will have the drivers for your graphics card
there.
PS don't be discouraged by the "smart arses" you run into here, as
you know I'm sure, there's always one in every family [NG]
rgds
Roberto

The reason your monitor is flashing on and off is because there are
several bad capacitors on the monitors power supply board. If you take
the cover off the monitor, remove the metal shield covering the circuit
boards then take a look at the capacitors on the power supply board. If
any of the capacitors don't have a flat smooth top or the top of the
capacitors have a slightly dome shape to them then they need to be
replaced. Most capicators are available from Radio Shack. I repaired a
17" CTX monitor I got for free on Craigslist yesterday by just
replacing 4 1000uf capacitors. The problem I had was the monitor would
flash on and off about every second but I was able to see icons in the
background for just a split second. This told me that something was
charging up and then discharging rapidly and usually that is a
capacitor problem. Replacing bad capacitors may fix other problems also
related to display problems. Hope this helps.


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