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Which is failing, the video card or the mottior?
Which is failing, the video card or the monitor?
I have a Dell CRT monitor, 17", that I got for free but which has worked fine for a couple years. I also have an ATI video card, bought used on ebay about 9 months ago, and I can give you details about that if necessary, which has worked fine since installation. But one is not always working fine now. The question is, is it likely that the card or that the monitor is responsible for the problem I have**. In the last 2 months, 4 times there has been a strange image on the monitor. On average it's ligher in color, but the white is not quite as bright, less contrast, iirc has many little grey or black specks spread rather evenly across the screen, and most clearly noticeable is the change in the text, which is blurry and has a iirc pink ghost just to the right of each letter. The ghost is a fine line version of the letter, would be easy to read if the blurry full line-width letter weren't brighter and just to the left of it. So do you think it is the monitor or the video card that is failing? **Why does this matter now? Since this problem is only the slightest annoyance, I would wait to see which part gets worse first, but according to the good advice I got here (Thanks again***), the ATI card I bought has dual output, for the monitor and for my tv's via my DVDR. A friend is giving me his old Dell Dimension 4600 desktop computer, and I presume it doesn't have a dual output video card, so I would just put my ATI card in it, but I don't want to do all that if the card is failing. ***I haven't done it much yet, but I'm able to watch video from the computer on any tv connected to the DVDR. I can proabably record the show for later watching on the DVDR's hard drive. In the electronics repair newsgroup they explained what sort of "modems" or whatever they are called that I could use so that all I need is CAT-5 or Cat-6 to run 100 feet or more from the computer to the DVDR. |
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Which is failing, the video card or the mottior?
My guess the monitor, easily confirmed by trying another one which is the best thing to do rather than guessing. What you mentioned could well be a degaussing problem... or you got something magnetic near the screen, could also be other faults as well.... speakers perhaps? davy |
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Which is failing, the video card or the mottior?
On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 10:47:37 -0500, davy
wrote: My guess the monitor, easily confirmed by trying another one which is the best thing to do rather than guessing. Thanks. It happens so rarely that wouldn't work as well as if it were bad much of the time. What you mentioned could well be a degaussing problem... or you got something magnetic near the screen, could also be other faults as well.... speakers perhaps? No. It just happens for no apparent reason. I have to turn the computer off for a while to make it go away. Hmmm. I guess I could turn off the monitor and leave the rest of the computer on. I should have thought of that but was mostly worriedit was the video card. davy I have a 19 ot 21 inch monitor that is so heavy and bulky, I will barely be ablt to get it up the stairs, and because I want to set it on the switch box that the monitor sits on, that will be difficult too. I sort of wish the monitor *would* break, so I would have to put in the bigger one. Thanks again. |
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Which is failing, the video card or the mottior?
On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 10:47:37 -0500, davy
wrote: My guess the monitor, easily confirmed by trying another one which is the best thing to do rather than guessing. What you mentioned could well be a degaussing problem... or you got something magnetic near the screen, could also be other faults as well.... speakers perhaps? davy Actually, unadulterated thanks. You solved my problem. |
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