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VANITY- Question on flat screen computer moniters.

Posted on 11/17/2004 5:46:21 AM PST by codercpc

Help!

About a year ago, we bought a flat screen computer moniter, and loved it. Two weeks ago, the moniter burned out. We went out and bought a new one, now this morning, I have a line down the middle of the screen. It is a line straight down of dashes.

I am not sure of the technical terms of this stuff, but I don't know what else to do. I obviously will return this moniter and get a new one, but is it something we are doing wrong? Or just a weird coincidence? We have it set to shut down to black after a 10 minute inactivity period.

I will appreciate any advise given. I will be checking in and out throughout the morning, so if I don't answer right away, I will soon.


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KEYWORDS: computers; moniters
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Any and all advice appreciated. Thanks.
1 posted on 11/17/2004 5:46:21 AM PST by codercpc
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To: codercpc

I'd advise posting the identical message on a board specializing in your brand of monitor. The manufacturer probably sponsors one that is monitored by one of their experts.


2 posted on 11/17/2004 5:48:37 AM PST by John Valentine
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To: codercpc
If you have another working monitor, hook it up and see if you have the same line down the screen.

If not, take the monitor back.

If it's still there, replace the video card

3 posted on 11/17/2004 5:52:49 AM PST by MJY1288 (HOUSE CLEANING AT THE STATE DEPT. AND CIA IS IMMINENT)
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To: MJY1288

spike protectors never hurt, if you do not have them ..


4 posted on 11/17/2004 5:55:12 AM PST by fooman (Get real with Kim Jung Mentally Ill about proliferation)
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To: codercpc

A vertical line would almost never happen with a flat screen CRT monitor, but is very possible in a flat panel LCD type monitor. If you have a flat panel, I would strongly suspect the problem is in the monitor, not the signal from the computer. If you have a flat screen CRT monitor, I would suspect the problem must be in the signal from the video card.


5 posted on 11/17/2004 5:59:15 AM PST by gridlock (ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
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To: codercpc
Make sure that you are running your equipment on regulated power. As excellent brand is APC.

Also make sure that you unplug your equipment when there is a thunderstorm in the area.

Good luck.

6 posted on 11/17/2004 6:09:34 AM PST by Citizen Tom Paine (An old engineer talks about regulated power.)
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To: gridlock
I believe it is a LCD monitor. I think the difference is totally flat vs. just a flat screen, right? Ours is a totally flat. Name brand "Liquid Video". My problem was sending my husband out to buy, and he listened to the Circuit City guy that told him this is an excellent buy.
7 posted on 11/17/2004 6:14:45 AM PST by codercpc
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Bought a Samsung 19" SyncMaster 912n late last month, and a horizontal line, one ince from the bottom, 80 percent from right to left, one pixel in depth appeared one morning, still under basic warranty.

I took it back and it was replaced with an indentical monitor. First, I made sure it was not an artifact of the signal by plugging in a CRT monitor and then running the monitor without a signal. It was a genuine hardware problem.

The advice about power schemes here is good, but the damage is probably done. Replace it.

8 posted on 11/17/2004 6:19:03 AM PST by Prospero (Ad Astra!)
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To: codercpc

Do you have anything close by that might contain a magnet, such as headphones? This used to harm the older monitors. I am not sure about the new ones.


9 posted on 11/17/2004 6:21:32 AM PST by ProuDaughterofaScreamingEagle (My Dad wore a Green Beret)
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To: codercpc

Try a good name brand like ViewSonic. Costs a little more but probably worth it.


10 posted on 11/17/2004 6:28:05 AM PST by ElmoMobito
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To: ProuDaughterofaScreamingEagle
Nothing magnetic that I know of, only our printer. It is within a few feet of our refrigerator, that wouldn't cause a problem would it? (Please tell me no, I just did a $20,000 kitchen remodeling project, with a built in computer desk)

BTW, when I came back to the computer just now, the lines have changed from black to multi-color (green and red predominately)

11 posted on 11/17/2004 6:39:26 AM PST by codercpc
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Yeah. Never listen to the Circuit City guy. A flat panel monitor is a sophisticated piece of equipment, and quality matters. If it were a name brand like Dell or Viewsonic, you would have had a replacement already. Time to haul it back to Circuit City and demand a replacement, or better yet a refund, so you can get a name brand.

Gotta watch out for Circuit City, because they will try to nail you with a 20% "restocking fee". Been there, done that. They got $30.00 out of me on an unopened vacuum cleaner return, and lost a customer for life.


12 posted on 11/17/2004 6:41:41 AM PST by gridlock (ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
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To: codercpc

You should probably not have any computer equipment on the same circuit as your refrigerator. This is probably not the cause of your current problem, but is good practice, nonetheless. Refrigerators really need a dedicated circuit. Since you have a recent remodel, this was probably done at that time.


13 posted on 11/17/2004 6:43:23 AM PST by gridlock (ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
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To: gridlock

Yes, it is on its own circuit. You don't think the proximity is a problem do you?


14 posted on 11/17/2004 6:54:57 AM PST by codercpc
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To: codercpc

Moniters?????


15 posted on 11/17/2004 6:55:58 AM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: codercpc

My computer's on-board video card started showing alternating lines of white and gray on the screen, resulting in a washed-out display. There was no way to fix, so I bought a new AGP card to put in the upgrade slot on the computer and everything's back to normal. After a couple of years, a video card will fail. If its not an on-board one, it can usually be replaced. If its an on-board card, it can be by-passed. Hope this helps.


16 posted on 11/17/2004 7:00:07 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: codercpc

If it were interference from the refrigerator, it would appear whenever the compressor is running, and disappear when it goes off. Since your problem seems to be more or less constant, I would not suspect the reefer.

Sounds like a bad monitor. The LCD's have a grid where the vertical and horizontal lines are controlled by elements along the screen edges. One bad element on the top or bottom will produce a vertical line.


17 posted on 11/17/2004 7:00:32 AM PST by gridlock (ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
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To: Salvation
Come on, I thought I got away with it. Where is the spell check for headlines? HA HA

Every thread has its own spelling police.

18 posted on 11/17/2004 7:00:52 AM PST by codercpc
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To: ProuDaughterofaScreamingEagle
CRTs use a magnetic field to sweep the electron beam.

LC D's use digital switching. No magnets.
19 posted on 11/17/2004 7:01:28 AM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (Dan Rather called Saddam "Mister President and President Bush "bush")
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To: Salvation

CRT and flat screen. Some of the latter use different inputs so you may have to upgrade the video card to accomodate some flat panel displays or buy a flat screen that can use an adapter to connect to your current video card input.


20 posted on 11/17/2004 7:01:52 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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