Ausatco
17th Oct 2003, 07:54
Mrs AA surprised me yesterday with a beaut new home office suite - desk, return, bookshelves, desklamp. Very spiffo.
As part of the reorganisation, my CPU and LCD monitor are now well separated and I had to install a 2 metre (6ft) monitor extension cable.
P4, XP Home SP1, fully updated, nvidia GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X card, Hyundai ImageQuest Q17 analogue LCD monitor.
All ok, except that now there is slight ghosting on my monitor and a slight interference pattern consisting of diagonal ripples on the right half of the screen, mostly noticeable on dark colours. I CAN live with this, but it has detracted from the previously pristine performance of the monitor, particularly the ghosting.
The extn cable is routed in a duct with one mains power cable, a couple of output leads (low voltage rectified) from plug packs and the audio cable for my Logitech speakers.
I tried the obvious - taking the monitor cable out of the duct and routing it clear of likely sources of interference. Absolutely no difference, and the patterns didn't move as I moved the cable about, so I think the problem lies with reflection or whatever WITHIN the cable extension.
Are there various breeds of monitor extension cables? Should I look for a particular type with chokes, filters, shields etc?
Re-arranging the equipment to eliminate the monitor extension is not an option at this stage.
Cheers
AA
As part of the reorganisation, my CPU and LCD monitor are now well separated and I had to install a 2 metre (6ft) monitor extension cable.
P4, XP Home SP1, fully updated, nvidia GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X card, Hyundai ImageQuest Q17 analogue LCD monitor.
All ok, except that now there is slight ghosting on my monitor and a slight interference pattern consisting of diagonal ripples on the right half of the screen, mostly noticeable on dark colours. I CAN live with this, but it has detracted from the previously pristine performance of the monitor, particularly the ghosting.
The extn cable is routed in a duct with one mains power cable, a couple of output leads (low voltage rectified) from plug packs and the audio cable for my Logitech speakers.
I tried the obvious - taking the monitor cable out of the duct and routing it clear of likely sources of interference. Absolutely no difference, and the patterns didn't move as I moved the cable about, so I think the problem lies with reflection or whatever WITHIN the cable extension.
Are there various breeds of monitor extension cables? Should I look for a particular type with chokes, filters, shields etc?
Re-arranging the equipment to eliminate the monitor extension is not an option at this stage.
Cheers
AA