Line on TFT monitor at start up

CurlyWhirly · 6 Sep 2009 at 19:23

I had to replace my old 20" Dell CRT monitor a few months ago and I've now replaced it with a 24" Dell TFT monitor (it wasn't cheap at over £400)

Over the last few days at boot up I have a quite distinct red line running vertically on the right hand side of the screen.

It always disappears of it's own accord after a few minutes (when the monitor warms up)

I never used to get this before.

Any idea why this is happening?

I could get Dell to call to my house as the monitor comes with a 3 year on site warranty but I don't want to call them out over something as trivial as this

p.s. I tried to take a screenshot of it but for some reason it doesn't show in the captured screenshot :confused:

CurlyWhirly · 9 Sep 2009 at 21:33

No one has ever had a line on their TFT monitor that disappears after a few minutes then :confused:

Monkeynut · 9 Sep 2009 at 21:39

I'd get it fixed before it develops into a more permanent fault. Also if you sell the screen at a later date even a small niggle like this could lower the resale value.

GhostlyPea · 9 Sep 2009 at 21:49

Sounds like loose solder. mate had it and it totally went away after a few weeks but I wouldn't chance it

- Pea0n

CurlyWhirly · 9 Sep 2009 at 22:05

Thanks for the replies.

I wonder if Dell would come out for such a trivial problem though?

I'll ring them and find out