Check if your IKEA chair is compatible with your screen
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Check if your IKEA chair is compatible with your screen
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#2Had the same issue a while back, had a hell of a time figuring out why one of my screens would flicker or shut off momentarily whenever my girlfriend sat down at her desk (which is next to mine). Even initially figuring out that it was the act of her sitting down that caused it took some time, with a lot of jokes about her telepathically messing with my setup in the meantime.
Turns out that the gas piston in her chair (not an IKEA chair in this case) has a bit of "give" to cushion oneself when sitting down, and that compression caused some kind of electromagnetic pulse (I assume?) strong enough to mess with the monitor.
I do wonder if it's perhaps bad for the monitor's lifespan, but it only affected my cheapest one, and with the cause found I can live with it.
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#3Remotely related, my screen makes a noise, somewhere between static and a whine, while displaying certain text files. Minimizing or closing the editor stops the noise, getting the text back on display restores the noise.
I suppose it's some sort of resonance phenomenon.
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#4I have exactly the same issue with an Embody chair from Herman Miller.
Not sure if it is the fabric or the piston, but definitely suspected static since I got the chair.
The screen does not seem to age prematurely because of this.
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#5Wow, I can't believe this. I have a Markus Ikea chair and a dual screen setup with a USB c hub connecting them all.
The screen likes to turn off all of the time and it drives me nuts. A good smack quickly fixes it. I never considered the chair. Mind blown with static discharge.
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#6Had the same issue with my Secretlab. The softweave fabric makes static like crazy an when getting up the main body comes in contact with the roller base which is shaped like a star thus working as an antenna. Big ESD pulse, all Display port screens flicker. Solved by using a towel where I seat.
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#7Had the same issue a while back, had a hell of a time figuring out why one of my screens would flicker or shut off momentarily whenever my girlfriend sat down at her desk (which is next to mine). Even initially figuring out that it was the act of her sitting down that caused it took some time, with a lot of jokes about her telepathically messing with my setup in the meantime. Turns out that the gas piston in her chai…
Wow, this is great. I have similar chair and monitor problems. Never have been able to connect the two.
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#8Had the same issue a while back, had a hell of a time figuring out why one of my screens would flicker or shut off momentarily whenever my girlfriend sat down at her desk (which is next to mine). Even initially figuring out that it was the act of her sitting down that caused it took some time, with a lot of jokes about her telepathically messing with my setup in the meantime. Turns out that the gas piston in her chai…
There is a noise filter that you can clip onto the power line or other cables to help prevent radio transmissions from going into the line or other sources of noise.
Maybe one of the cables is acting as an antenna.
https://www.amazon.com/VSKEY-Anti-interference-Telephones-Eq...
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#9Remotely related, my screen makes a noise, somewhere between static and a whine, while displaying certain text files. Minimizing or closing the editor stops the noise, getting the text back on display restores the noise. I suppose it's some sort of resonance phenomenon.
I too have one screen that makes a noise, akin to coil whine, only when a certain spreadsheet is open and the window expanded past a threshold of the screen's real estate.
Naturally, its the speadsheet that I use most often in my duties.
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#10Easily solved with some ESD spray: Not affiliated with Jensen, just did some googling and found a place that sells it in single cans. https://www.jensentools.com/product/160-188-1726-QT