XP: Adjust Screen Flickering On CRT Monitors

Let's face it … CRT monitors are still out there in the office environment.  Where I work we are slowly phasing them out as our budget allows.  The other day I was troubleshooting an issue with an older computer with a CRT monitor and when I looked at it I almost got sick from the flickering screen.  Fixing that issue is easy, here is how.

Right Click any open are on the desktop and go to Properties.  This will bring up the Display Properties window.  Now click the Settings tab and then the Advanced button.

In the Advanced options click the Monitor tab and choose the highest setting the monitor is capable of displaying for Screen refresh rate.  Then click Apply and OK. 

You will notice a great difference in the display as it will be smoother and not flicker crazily.

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This article was originally written on 11/13/07 Tagged with: XP, Hardware, Windows

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Comments (4)

1. September 16, 2008 1:44 pm
   z

   This solution worked like a charm!! Thank you!!

2. October 4, 2008 2:07 am
   RK Das

   Sir I need help

   There are 5 CRT monitors in a long room. They were was no flickering before we put a aluminium/glass partition in the work space. Now all the monitors are flickering. We dont know the cause.

   Electrical wise everything seems to be normal voltage and current.

   Unfortunately we are not able to increase the refresh rate more than 60Hz

   Please help. Monitors are flickering and difficult to work

   There is an AC working in the room.

   Thanks

   RK dasa

   This is in Bangalore,India

3. October 4, 2008 2:10 am
   RK Das

   Monitors are flickering Please help

   We are not able to increase the refresh rate to more than 60hz

   They are with in a room with Aluminium partitions

   Please help

   RKDas

4. October 31, 2008 12:20 pm
   Ch. Sift Ullah Chadhar

   Hi! frequency of monitor should be 75mrtz on standard. It is a standard for crt monitors. Otherwise on high frequency hardware can be demadged and colour pitches may be lose.