monitor looks like a negative

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Is the display any different before Windows loads?
If at all possible, try the monitor on another computer. That's the
simplest way to narrow it.
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"jimmy5690" <jimmy5690@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> iI have a dell 17" 1702 monitor.A little while ago the screen would change
> and any pics and graphics would kinda look like a negative I would turn
> off
> the monitor and it would revert to normal. (I havewindows 3d screen saver
> and
> where it suppose to be black its like very thin black and white lines
> making
> it look like gray. )
> Nowthe screen is constantly like that. I dont know if its the monitor or
> graphics card (radeon 9600) which I've tried different drivers to no
> avail.
> the monitor is about 2 1/2 yrs old

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thanks iI should have thought of that. All i had to do was disconnect it from
the graphics card and it goes into a self test mode. Its the monitor all the
colors of the self test are way off.
thanks

"Malke" wrote:

> jimmy5690 wrote:
>
> > iI have a dell 17" 1702 monitor.A little while ago the screen would
> > change and any pics and graphics would kinda look like a negative I
> > would turn off the monitor and it would revert to normal. (I
> > havewindows 3d screen saver and where it suppose to be black its like
> > very thin black and white lines making it look like gray. )
> > Nowthe screen is constantly like that. I dont know if its the monitor
> > or
> > graphics card (radeon 9600) which I've tried different drivers to no
> > avail. the monitor is about 2 1/2 yrs old
>
> It sounds like your monitor is failing, but to be absolutely sure
> connect the computer to a different monitor. If the problem is gone,
> you know which component is the culprit.
>
> Malke
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