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How much noise should a monitor make?

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I already replaced my monitor once, and HP was good to send a new one for free. The first time we switched because.

a. it had an annoying hum

and

b. it started changing colors around the edge.


On the current monitor, the colors are fine, but today I hear the hum more than I want to. How much hum am I expected to tolerate? Or is it reasonable to expect mostly silence from a monitor? Does HP just do a crappy job with monitors?

This is what it looks like:
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I haven't recorded the sound. It sounds like, "hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm . . ."
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💬 7 comments

  1. janelle ·

    I told you about the hum like months ago when we first got it. Like when I first sat down and used it, I thought, boy that's some loud electronic humming going on. And you're just now realizing it?

  2. carolinian ·

    It's kind of hard to see from your picture what kind of monitor it is. Is it an LCD flat panel monitor, or a big, clunking CRT monitor?

  3. drew ·

    I realized it before, but either my tolerance is lessening, or the hum is louder. And it is an LCD flat panel monitor.

  4. jim ·

    Is it still under warranty? Call and get it replaced. Weird hum and color shifting is not a good sign, especially if you recently purchased it.

  5. drew ·

    I already had it replaced once--this one is not colorshifting, just humming.

  6. carolinian ·

    Are you currently using a two-prong-to-three-prong electric outlet adapter? Try plugging it into a properly grounded, three prong outlet and see if the humming goes away. I don't know whether this will work, but it should be simple to try.

  7. jim ·

    Sorry, misread it!

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