Is my monitor knackered? : Single vertical line appeared

[Draeger]

I posted about something similar happening a while back on my PC, its still the same system and monitor I was using in this thread:-

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18049684&highlight=monitor+username_Draeger

Unfortunately the same thing has returned but this time it doesn't look like wiggling the cable or unplugging everything and putting it all back together again is making any difference:-

It also shows the same pink line when the VGA cable is removed and also in the BIOS setup screen. I've tried a brand new VGA cable as well, no joy. Is it completely knackered?.

 

[Draeger]

Nah, it's served me reasonably well. It's about 5 years old, an Octigen 19" Widescreen job. Cost about £60 new back then so not too much of a disaster. Excuse for an upgrade I guess.

Annoying though since it did the same years ago when I posted that first thread and I managed to fix it in a few minutes by just unplugging the cables and putting them back in again.

 

[Draeger]

It may be a loose connection in the back of the monitor itself so you unplugging and reconnecting may of moved a pin or something back to it's original position

Might be worth a pop taking the back off it and seeing if it can be jiggery pokeried around with and persuaded to 'work' again.

At least until I decide what upgrade to go for.

 

[Draeger]

pink line makes me think gpu - can you change resolution or something to see if the line moves?

I'll give that a whirl and see. To be fair, I've not tried the monitor on another desktop PC yet to discount the possibility that its the GPU. I'll do that too.

 

[Draeger]

Yeah, tried a brand new VGA cable with no success, pink line in exactly the same position. I'll try the monitor on another PC and see if its still there.