My computer is only 4 months old but suddenly I've noticed a ticking coming from the monitor. It ticks awhile then it quits. There have been no other problems. Just that annoying ticking like a car that is on the verge of needing a valve job. Fortunately, I'm still under warranty and they are sending me a new monitor. But I would like to know why it's doing this. Especially on a computer so new. The computer is a Gateway P111 450. Running WIN98 Second Edition{if that makes a difference. 128 MEG RAM. 13.6 gig Hard drive. I do run quite a few programs during the day but not excessive. And I'm connected to the internet for as much as 12 hours a day. Do you know of any reason why the monitor ticks? Any info would be appreciated. So this can be avoided again. The monitor is an EV910 19 inch{18 viewable} and that's all I know about the monitor. Hope that's enough info. P.S. I have noticed that some of my programs seem to clash. Not too frequently but they do. One other thing, my boyfriend thinks I may have just gotten a lemon. Gateway's are supposed to be good, I thought. Insight please. I have another 2-3 years before I can trade this one in. I want to keep it running good. I do maintenance regularly. P.S. Sometime into the ticking I touched the top of the monitor and noticed that it seemed to be warmer than usual. And when the ticking stopped it seemed to be cooler. But no other problems.

Probably the monitor is just a "lemon". This is not the first I've heard of people having problems with Gateway monitors. In fact, my aunt sent her entire system back to them because the power button was way around on the back of the screen, and it was hard to get to. About their reputation, it's not perfect, but better than some. And I can almost certainly tell you the cause (but not the solution) of the crashing. Windows has a tendency to crash programs frequently. The fact is, Windows itself is sloppy (the code it is programmed in). Often the problems exist but the system resolves them without user intervention. But often they do crash. Windows NT has a better reputation for not crashing, but would not likely work with your machine (because it doesn't support many hardware devices, and your computer sounds very new). Also, if you have a Pentium III processor, that is probably contributing to the crashing. For some reason, P3s just don't seem to be as stable as earlier models in the Pentium series. I don't have statistics, but of all my computers (12 currently running on my home-based LAN), the P3-500 with Windows 98 (second edition) crashes several times a day. I also have a K2-450 with Linux Mandrake 6.1 (like Red Hat) and I haven't had to restart it in over three months!

You're , uh, like blonde, right? Your technical question here as well as your insightful comments to the hapless dude with the BIOS problem has me convinced. May you forevermore be known as 'Tick'.

Keep your computer in a cool place where air flows are good, MAKE SURE YOU COVER THE MONITOR UP WITH SOMETHING WHEN YOU ARE NOT USING IT because well, DUST will get in there when it cools. That problem could happen when your monitor is toooooo old, but I didnt think so. Chances are its just one in a million hardware problem, but it might have to do with you burning the tube all day long. Get yourself a good screensaver or turn on the power management and tell it to auto shut off the monitor in a while... Beyond that... get yourself a good surge protector(look whos talking I dont even use one)

Most likely static discharge and not a critical problem, although a well designed monitor shold minimize it. When you turn a monitor or tv on or off the electromagnetic field expands or colapses producing a nice voltage surge. Do you hear the same type of sounds when you turn it off?

if your monitor is multisync it is normal to here it tisk as it switches from one mode to the other, but this should only happen when you open a program not after the program is up and running

No, when I turn it off I don't hear the ticking. I do hear some popping. But not much. Fortunately, I've heard no ticking in the last couple of days. But they are already sending me a new one. I do hate to have to replace it because it is so heavy. I can't lift it myself. I have to get someone else to do it. It's just a big monitor. But I hear no ticking or sounds like that at shutdown.