My Dell monitor has a problem

spoony77 · 27 Oct 2010 at 20:42

Hi people
I seem to have developed a strip of horizontal intefernce type lines on my monitor, i have taken a video as print screen doesnt capture them at all?

Any idea what could be causing this?
Regards

sajtion · 27 Oct 2010 at 22:31

video card problem, maybe drivers have been corrupted

timmyt · 28 Oct 2010 at 02:50

Make sure that your drivers are all updated. also make sure that the cables are in properly. also could try turning it off for a few mins then turn it on again. Its worked for me in the past.

Metroid · 28 Oct 2010 at 09:46

That is sick. I would test with another video card.

Jamiman · 28 Oct 2010 at 11:12

That happened to my m8, it was his Videocard.

what are you running?

Looks like a specific area, so try cleaning out the PCI ports (and the pins on the card) with compressed air.

IPBA · 28 Oct 2010 at 13:19

keep the monitor powered on but disconnect video cable to monitor. if you see the same issue during the monitor self test then monitor faulty. However if not the issue is with your PC/software.

spoony77 · 28 Oct 2010 at 18:19

IPBA said:
keep the monitor powered on but disconnect video cable to monitor. if you see the same issue during the monitor self test then monitor faulty. However if not the issue is with your PC/software.

I tried this and the monitor still displayed interference

I guess my beloved dell has given up the ghost.