Something weird happening with my system

[Gig-O-Ram]

And I couldn't even begin to guess where the problem lies.

The last few times I've powered on my system, I notice that, in sucession, the mobo splash screen, the post/boot screens, the Windows boot and "Welcome" screens all appear larger than normal at first and then seem to zoom backwards to a normal view. Then the desktop appears a little off center, and slowly moves into normal position. I've also observed some of the screens appear to shake and wobble a bit.

I don't know if this is a monitor problem, or the video card - the HDD, a CPU issue or what...

Anyone have any ideas? Have you ever heard of this happening before?

[polobunny]

Sounds like typical CRT behavior to me. It's dying out, they often start doing that "a while" before going out on you/becoming unreadable.

[oldman_gamer]

I had a Compaq running win 98 ...the stuff on the screen actually looked like it melted to nothing and died one day.And I wasnt doing drugs. It was neat to see though.

[screwballl]

if it is a CRT, check for speakers, desk fans, floor fans, anything with a magnet nearby... even if it is a set of regular desk speakers, they may have lost their sheilding and may be causing it. Otherwise the CRT is on its way out.
if it is a LCD then it may be on its way out as the auto-calibration, auto-configuration or auto-center function is messing up.

Also if you have a KVM switch, take that out of the mix first and formost

[Gig-O-Ram]

My monitor is in fact a CRT, and I do have several speakers near it - all of them actually. I have four (two on either side) sitting next to it, and one sitting on top of it. But they have been like that forever, and I just noticed this happening recently. But it wouldn't surprise a bit if the monitor was on its way out, since it's at least 4 to 5 years old.

I guess if my screen melts away on me, I'll know. I've wondered if the monitor wasn't starting to have problems, because my desktop icons and even apps look a bit on the blurry side.