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Is something wrong with my monitor?

Something's going wrong with my computer monitor...?

  • I have a 19" wide flat panel monitor, got it brand new a year & a half ago. But all of a sudden, things are becoming more... pixelated, I guess the word is. Solid color things are becoming thin diagonal lines or dots, logos and pictures on sites lose detail, and my silver taskbar is becoming more of a pinkish color. A lot of things are becoming striped or spotted, no longer solid colored. I leave the computer on all the time, but the monitor cuts itself off after 15 minutes. I have been using it more frequently this summer, though. What should I do? Will it get worse?

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    first reboot and see what happens. you should at least power down the system at night. it gives the system a chance to cool down and windows will run a little quirky after a while with out a reboot. second reinstall your video drivers. third take the monitor off and connect it to another computer and see if it still happens. if so then take it back, if not then hook a different monitor up and see of the other one has the problems. if so then you have a GPU issue. fourth find out what temp the GPU is running, if its more than 60C to 70C then verify that the fan is spinning and/or look into an aftermarket cooler. last if all else fails you can try a system restore, but a restore is not a magic wand that will fix anything and everything.

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take it in to the shop, it wont get any better by itself

John M

if it's under warenty then take it back in. Otherwise turn your monitor off when not in use. It doesn't turn itself off after 15 minutes it only goes into standby mode. you need to push the button to turn it off. Also do you have a screen saver running? if not the that is another thing you need to do. Have you tried to reset the settings? Although it might be to late and you might have to go and get a new monitor.

Crystal

If some of the pixels are Dead and not diplaying the colour they should be ure monitor is dying. If you had said this was happening only when ure playing a game then i would have suggested a driver update or that your G.card is faulty. So im afraid it seems to be on its last legs. Easy way to tell. unplug the power lead from the socket,unplug from the pc. take to a mates house and plug it into there pc. if its the same then its had it and will get worse. if however *which i doubt* it is fine then u have worse problems, specially if ure pc has onboard graphics. If it is the monitor then ure off shopping may i suggest http://www.ebuyer.com/product/141501 20" Lcd,£108.3yrs warranty and free Delivery I get all my stuff from either Ebuyer or ebay.lol

inverter is on it way out.

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