Originally posted here by nihil
Do you have another computer that suffers similar problems? or can you borrow one to see if it behaves the same?

If you get the same problem with PS/2 as well then that seems to suggest that it is not a USB problem.

If your screen flickers and cuts out then that sounds like power supply, is it getting its power direct from the mains or through a socket on the computer. If it is through the computer, get a separate cable and supply power to the screen independently.

Where is this happening?............a private house, appartment block, college? what I am asking is can you ask anyone else on the same mains supply if they are getting the same problem?

Cheers
This is at my house, in a suburban development. I have like 4 other computers on right now, and none suffer any similar problems. The screen is plugges into the wall, not a power strip.