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I have a Gateway EV730 monitor that displays 'wavy' images that are hard to read. I've tried replacing the monitor with a flatscreen Acer, but still have the problem. So OK it's not the monitor! What else could it be?

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Reply to rewindlabs
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I've tried checking out my video/graphics card using software that I found on the Internet, but the programs I've run examine my registry, program files, etc. and want me to pay $30 to fix the 'problems' they've identified. Not gonna do it!

Is there some way to correct my situation for free?

Reply to timave

Software isnt gonna fix your video card. sorry. It's a hardware issue.

Reply to Gin Fushicho

Now Gin as before keep in mind it can either be the card or the cable here so lets asses...


And no software you download from the internet is not going to fix the issue.....you always download what the internet tells you to?

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Reply to rewindlabs

have you checked the resolution and that the monitor is set to 60Hz ?

Reply to Outlander_04

It might not have anything to do with the monitor, video card, or even the computer itself. Try moving the computer and monitor to an isolated electrical socket late at night with everything other appliance you can turned off before you waste any money. It could be electrical interference through the power itself. It happens all the time. I have a standard office electric pencil sharpener at work that's in the same room ( about 10 feet away ) and is on a seperate circuit, yet sharpen a pencil, and watch the monitor go wavy. same thing happens when someone plugs in a fan halfway across the shop even though it's through a completely different breaker box. Probablly a floating neutral :lol:

P.S. anything that you download to "fix" your computer for free, then tries to charge you to fix "all these problems" has probablly just infected your computer with malware.

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Reply to ShadowFlash

Thanks SHADOW!!! i forgot about this...this was one of the reasons i received the problem above and was one of the methods to fixing it....il have to quote you in another thread on the same subject sir!!!!


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I've tried changing cables. No help. I did read that a magnetic field can screw with your monitor, so I'll try moving the stuff.

How do you edit and put an image on the left side of your message? What about quotes on bottom?

Reply to timave
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ShadowFlash wrote :

It might not have anything to do with the monitor, video card, or even the computer itself. Try moving the computer and monitor to an isolated electrical socket late at night with everything other appliance you can turned off before you waste any money. It could be electrical interference through the power itself. It happens all the time. I have a standard office electric pencil sharpener at work that's in the same room ( about 10 feet away ) and is on a seperate circuit, yet sharpen a pencil, and watch the monitor go wavy. same thing happens when someone plugs in a fan halfway across the shop even though it's through a completely different breaker box. Probablly a floating neutral :lol:

P.S. anything that you download to "fix" your computer for free, then tries to charge you to fix "all these problems" has probablly just infected your computer with malware.



ShadowFlash:
Tried moving monitor. Same problem
Your comment about malware gave me the idea to try msconfig and uncheck things in the boot.ini and startup pages. Waviness has become larger, not as fine scale, but still there. Any thoughts?
Timave

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