I went out and got a new monitor last night. When ever i drop the "brightness" below 82 i can hear it humming! It will hum all the way down to 0. I set brightness and contrast both at around 30.

I did some googling to see if others were having this problem with my monitor. I found many posts on the subject with various monitors, but not mine inparticular.

I have never heard a monitor hum before. Does your monitor hum?

Idk if i should just take this monitor back for exchange as i think all of them will hum, or if i should get rid of it and get another brand/model?I am glad that i bought this localy for this reason.

My ears may be more sensitive to that hertz. I can easily hear it over my pc case fans, though the hum is a lower decibel.

This monitor is a samsung 2253lw.
http://tinyurl.com/4db5m9

This monitor sure feels a lot cheaper than my vs 930b and the cables are a lot cheaper also imo.

Thats one of samsungs new LCDs.They look nice but i havent heard much about them.I think id rma mine if it buzzed loud enough for me to here .

I agree, take it back, try another one.

Take it back. Unless it has speakers and you hooked them up, in which case you may have bad speaker cables.
A monitor at any refresh rate should not be heard. If it is, there is a power component that is marginal at best, and on the verge of failing at worst.

Gerritt

Well, i took the monitor back and got a replacement.The new one has the same hum.. or whurr or whatever it is. I think it must just be that i can hear it as i havent seen another person complain about it.

Yikes. I've had some CRT's that made quite the buzz, but never an LCD.

RMA it, if you can hear the noise very distinctly

So far 2 people have said to rma it. Is there some logic that i am missing? Since i bought it localy (as i said in the first post). And i am now on my second monitor.

I am not being mean or sarcastic, i am wondering if i am seriously missing something by exchanging it rather then rma?


I am now better ar describing the sound. It sounds like an emergency alert broadcast on the radio/tv. Only a lot quieter. If i dont have music on from my pc, i can constantly hear it. Even while gaming at times i can hear it. It isnt that it gets louder it just droanes on...

I am considering just getting my $ back and getting a different monitor, but then i would have to order it online and wait and hope that i done have a dead pixel. The screen is very nice on this monitor with a 2ms G to G.1000:1/8000:1 dynamic contrast. But i dont know what other one to buy for $300 that would be equivelent. This moniitor was only $259.

Try replacing it again? My KDS 22" LCD monitor doesn't make noises. Did you try plugging it on a different outlet? Don't know if that will work but it doesn't hurt to try.

Take it back again and if the sound keeps on then get your cash back. Although the Samsungs LCD's are the best looking monitors I've seen.

Micro,
There is NO reason for a LCD to have any percievable noise what so ever, no matter what the resolution.
I'm thinking that you need to try a different monitor all together.

Someone mentioned that it may be associated with your power/AC. If so, it may be due to 50 vs 60 hz settings. If so, mayhap you need to get a different AC/DC module.
If you are using a monitor that is properly working in your ACV as well as AC cycles, and it still makes noise, then you need to go with a different unit all together.

Gerritt

I just got a Samsung 2253BW today and if i turn brightness under 65 i can hear a humm/whine aswell, ive just used my video card setttings to lower brightness, no hum/whine simple fix.

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customer: 'Dude My screens buzzin'
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<<<Sensible response>>>

Possible Power supply, if not standard Kettle lead type

Screen resolution or Refresh rate.

Lose wire on inverter or screen

My Samsung SyncMaster 2493HM (huh, funny?) hums as well if I use mode any other than set with the software it came with. I am quite sound sensitive, so it would not surprise me if this sound was there in every unit and only a tiny fraction of users noticed it.