Tip #4423 - Stop That Flicker
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Stop
That Flicker
On your computer's
monitor, that is! If your job involves sitting in front of a computer
for hours on end, you may develop a pain in your eyes. Then again,
it might not entirely be the long hours that's causing it. For all
you know, it could be your CRT monitor’s constant flickering
that is tiring down your eye muscles. Besides taking frequent breaks
from constantly viewing your monitor and focusing on distant objects
every half an hour to avoid sore eyes, here is what you can do to
stop the flickering!
Case #1
To increase the
refresh rate of your CRT monitor and help prevent the monitor from
flickering a little too continuously, follow these easy steps:
1.) Right click
on your desktop.
2.) Select Properties.
3.) Click on the
Settings tab.
4.) Click on the
Advanced button.
5.) Open up the
Monitor tab.
6.) Manually increase
the Screen Refresh Rate, which is measured in Hertz.
It looks like this:
Case #2
Follow the same
procedure as above, but instead of doing steps 5 and 6, try the Troubleshoot
tab after clicking on the Advanced button.
You will notice that the flickering dies out when you move the slider
to the fourth notch on the left. Also, don’t forget to press
the Apply button after you move the slider. If you
disable the Hardware Acceleration for your XP display properties (Control
Panel, Display, Settings,
Advanced, Troubleshoot) or at least
lower it to the second bar from the left, you will really notice a
significant improvement in the behavior of some of your programs.
Case #3
Here's a scenario:
You have just upgraded from the 2006 deluxe version to 2007 and you
get a screen flicker only when your AVG antivirus is running a scan.
If you pause the scan, everything is okay, but you cannot restart
the scan, because the flickering is back and is worse. Since there
is no remedy to this, here is what you can do. Run your AVG antivirus
program at 3 a.m. (or sometime in the middle of the night). If you
do that, you will probably not have a conflict with the antivirus
software running while you are trying to use your computer. The same
goes for any programs you use that require a scan of your PC.
Case #4
If there is a
flicker only when you're printing something out, you may need to change
your printer spool characteristics. It's best to go from Spool
to Direct or vice versa. Or, if you're printing to
a USB device, unplug the device and try again.
Case #5
If none of the
above suggestions work for you, you may have a faulty monitor. One
way of finding out is to hook it up to another computer and see if
the flicker remains. Or, hook up another monitor to your PC and see
if that flickers. Now, if you have a laptop and the screen flickers,
it could be because of the wireless adapter. Those are just a couple
things you can check out on your own before you panic too much.
Happy problem
solving!
~ Zahid H. Javali
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