monitor picture size

[alan47]

On a few occasions my monitor picture size keeps changing by a few mm's but it's annoying. Why does this happen?

[d0gsb0dy]

You don't say whether it shrinks overall or comes in vertically or horizontally. However, it is possible that you could have a soldered dry-joint on either your line or frame timebase circuitry, particularly if the monitor is a few years old. Another possibility is the monitor power supply fluctuating. Hard to say without seeing it first-hand.

[Chillum]

Do you mean within Internet Explorer? If so you've probably got "auto-resize" images turned on. This automatically shrinks images to fit into your viewing panel. To turn it off got to Tools>Internet Options>Advanced,  scroll down to Multimedia and uncheck the "Enable Automatic Image Resizing" box.

[alan47]

Hello again, the picture moves in from both sides, probably about a mill or two. I did what chillum suggested and for a wee while I thought it was sorted. It still does it even while on answer bank. Thanks anyway.

[alan47]

Thanks dogsbody,

I think your right, when I move the monitor, thats when it happens. So I'll just have to be a wee bit more careful when moving the mouse about on the desk.

[romko]

don't continue to use the monitor in this state. the bad connection is probably stressing other components. unless you get it seen to now (which ought to be a brief repair for an experienced technician), it will end up being a write off.