# is my monitor dying?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-monitor-dying/272902>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 4, 2004, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-monitor-dying/272902 "2004-11-04T02:51:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Freejooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba8739/32.png) [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-monitor-dying/272902/1 "2004-11-04T02:51:41Z")

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It seems to be getting “blurry” (just barely - very subtle, but enough to notice), and about once a day the whole screen will suddenly “vibrate” for a second or two.

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**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-monitor-dying/272902/2 "2004-11-04T03:22:54Z")

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I vote yes. But you can’t know when it will fail, so just use it until then, or until it becomes unbearable.

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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-monitor-dying/272902/3 "2004-11-04T09:10:51Z")

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If the “vibrating” comes with a funny sound it may be a degauss. Check to make sure your power plug is secure.

(If you’re approaching 40, the blurriness is more likely presbyopia sneeking up on you.)