- Sep 22, 2009
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Hey all.
I currently use two monitors and the one showing severe issues is the Samsung Syncmaster P2370 which I bought 2-3 years ago. Before I go and replace it I just wanted a second opinion on whether it's actually the monitor which is the problem.
So over the past couple years the monitor has worked great. There's been some random times where I've had issues turning it on and having it stay on for more than a few seconds; but those were solved by replugging in the power cable and was always a one-time thing. Starting about 2 days ago I noticed some brief flickering while playing a game, but didn't think much of it. Last night while watching a video is when major symptoms started appearing. Rather than try to explain, I've included some photos of what I'm seeing:
Basically it started with the pixels distorting and then the white lines in the middle of the screen (which have grown over the past number of hours to what is seen in the picture). I also had trouble getting the monitor to stay on this morning (it was turned off during the night). I would power it on, it would stay on for 10-30 seconds before powering off and the only way to try again was to replug the power cable.
I've been able to temporarily fix it twice by trying to replug both the DVI and power cable (not sure which actually fixed it, or if it was just a fluke), but again only temporarily. This problem is not affecting the second monitor. I tried switching the DVI cable between monitors and between ports on the video card, as well as switching primary and secondary settings in the control panel, but the problem only occurs on the one monitor. I have no other computers or video cards to use to be absolutely sure it's not the video card, but seeing as how the problem is only happening on the one monitor you can see why I'm about ready to go out and take advantage of some Boxing Day sales.
Anyway, just wondering if someone can give me a second opinion on this. Any responses are appreciated ^^
I currently use two monitors and the one showing severe issues is the Samsung Syncmaster P2370 which I bought 2-3 years ago. Before I go and replace it I just wanted a second opinion on whether it's actually the monitor which is the problem.
So over the past couple years the monitor has worked great. There's been some random times where I've had issues turning it on and having it stay on for more than a few seconds; but those were solved by replugging in the power cable and was always a one-time thing. Starting about 2 days ago I noticed some brief flickering while playing a game, but didn't think much of it. Last night while watching a video is when major symptoms started appearing. Rather than try to explain, I've included some photos of what I'm seeing:
Basically it started with the pixels distorting and then the white lines in the middle of the screen (which have grown over the past number of hours to what is seen in the picture). I also had trouble getting the monitor to stay on this morning (it was turned off during the night). I would power it on, it would stay on for 10-30 seconds before powering off and the only way to try again was to replug the power cable.
I've been able to temporarily fix it twice by trying to replug both the DVI and power cable (not sure which actually fixed it, or if it was just a fluke), but again only temporarily. This problem is not affecting the second monitor. I tried switching the DVI cable between monitors and between ports on the video card, as well as switching primary and secondary settings in the control panel, but the problem only occurs on the one monitor. I have no other computers or video cards to use to be absolutely sure it's not the video card, but seeing as how the problem is only happening on the one monitor you can see why I'm about ready to go out and take advantage of some Boxing Day sales.
Anyway, just wondering if someone can give me a second opinion on this. Any responses are appreciated ^^
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