Messed up Monitors

Ok this problem happened about a month ago. All of a sudden my computer monitor started shaking and making a screeching noise. I just turned it off and on, and it worked fine. It didnt do this again until like 2 weeks later. Then the screen got all warped and i couldnt even see anything anymore. No matter how much i unplugged it, checked to see if appliances were effecting it, nothing worked and now it smells of burnt rubber and is dead.

I got a new monitor yesterday from my friend. No its not exactly new but i needed a monitor reguardless and so i took what i could get. I have only had this monitor for a day and its starting to shake and make odd noises like my old monitor.
Seriously wtf is wrong with my monitors? What could be causing this?

could be dirty power from your house socket to the monitor.

I looked into that and changed the power cord. Didnt work. And i dont think its the outlet because everything else on it is working fine.

I'm thinking it is your video card overdriving the monitor. Newer monitors have a lot of protection circuitry to prevent damage from the incoming video, but really weird things can happen.

I've blown up my fair share of monitors through graphics card upgrades.

are you plugging it into the wall or a surge protector?

I think it might be my video card too, i will have to look into it though.


Surge protector

I assume you're using a CRT monitor? Make sure the video card is outputting a resolution your monitor can handle, especially the refresh rate.

Thanks guys for your help =)

I think i fixed it because my monitor isnt being screwy anymore.
What i did was installed a newer video driver from dell.com (yes i have a shitty dell) and it seems to be ok now. :O Thanks for the advice!!

Good job, Saki! Thanks for letting us know what the fix was, too.