Monitor flickers strangely on startup

TheScruple

I've had a Samsung widescreen monitor for about a year and a half (I believe it is This One). A week or so ago, it started flickering when I turn it on. It's hard to describe beyond that, but it seems to flicker at varying frequencies until it "tunes in" and stops flickering. It's almost like turning on an old CRT monitor, only the flickering lasts for over a minute. Has anyone heard of this happening? Does anyone have any idea what would cause this to happen?

TheUnsane1

Is it pretty cold in the area your monitor is? I have had similar issues with lcd based screens on things like my zune/ds/psp after they have sat in a cold car or similar.

TheScruple

Actually, the heat in that part of my apartment has been, shall we say, inconsistent. Does it clear up as it warms up, or is this something that may require a new monitor?

TheUnsane1

It's a warm up thing I wouldn't be too concerned my dlp tv looks like ass for about the first 5-7 minutes it's on while the bulb warms in the winter since my awesome landlord fixed our heat that hasn't worked since day 1(at least I'm on the third floor where I get free heat rising warmth)

travathian

User's Guide:

"Environmental considerations
OperatingTemperature : 50 °F ~ 104 °F (10 °C ~ 40 °C)
Humidity : 10 % ~ 80 %, non-condensing"

I would find it doubtful that your place is below 50F, so while the monitor may take a moment to warm up, I dont think any harm is being done.

A few questions though:
Does the flickering happen only in Windows or also on the CMOS startup screen? Example here

If once the monitor is warmed up, you turn it off and right back on again, is it normal or does it flicker for a bit?

Was the monitor moved recently? Dropped? Smacked? Kicked?

TheScruple

I'm at work now, it's my home monitor. I'll check into your questions when I get back. My place was broken into a short time ago, but the monitor seemed undisturbed, as it was too large for the jerks to carry. It is possible that it was messed with though.

Edit: Just checked; The monitor only flickers on initial startup after being off for some time. Restarting or quickly turning on/off do not cause it to flicker.

kryoptic

This happened to mine. I have a similar model, the 206BW. I was actually considering that one (226BW) when I purchased this one. I had read online that this is caused by a dying capacitor in the system. It started off okay, settling after some seconds, but eventually it started to take minutes to settle. It was still under warranty so I sent it in and got it fixed. This was in early December of 2009.

Edit: It started happening a few months before I decided to send it in, so it took a while to really deteriorate. Also the temperature in my apartment at the time was a fairly constant warm since I had utilities included.

Woodysgood

You need to get a dollars worth of capacitors and do a little repair work as shown in the following youtube post. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH5-OZrZ97M