Problem with GFX Card or Monitor?

Tummy · 2 Aug 2011 at 14:01

I've recently had a replacement monitor sent out by Dell, plugged it in and it worked brilliantly for less then about 12 hours.

On the right side of the screen there appear to be little pixels that are a different color to the screen. They come and go and occasionally other columns flash up across the screen, they come and go.

This a GFX Problem? Running a GTX 460 Nvidia, never had a single problem with it previously.

Cleeecooo · 2 Aug 2011 at 14:13

Sounds more like graphics card problem.

Try a new DVI cable

Tummy · 2 Aug 2011 at 14:28

Nope Monitor :/

Really annoyed.

mmj_uk · 2 Aug 2011 at 14:31

Definitely looks like a monitor problem, even the monitors OSD is affected graphics card can't do that.

Tummy · 2 Aug 2011 at 15:00

Just phoned Dell and had a ***** fit at them about sending me a faulty replacement monitor.

Had to email them that photo too, love being able to multitask on my iPhone 4.

Should have a replacement tomorrow or Wednesday.

Surveyor · 2 Aug 2011 at 15:08

Tummy said:
Just phoned Dell and had a ***** fit at them about sending me a faulty replacement monitor.

Why?

It worked when you received it so it would have worked when it was tested.

They didn't deliberately send you a faulty monitor.

Cleeecooo · 2 Aug 2011 at 15:13

Surveyor said:
Why?
bit OTT OP
It worked when you received it so it would have worked when it was tested.

They didn't deliberately send you a faulty monitor.
You never know

Surveyor · 2 Aug 2011 at 15:17

Cleeecooo said:
You never know

You mean like the self destructing GTX 580's EVGA are producing?

The ones which take out your whole PC.

Cleeecooo · 2 Aug 2011 at 15:18

Surveyor said:
You mean like the self destructing GTX 580's EVGA are producing?

The ones which take out your whole PC.

look at my sig

Tummy · 2 Aug 2011 at 15:23

Surveyor said:
Why?

It worked when you received it so it would have worked when it was tested.

They didn't deliberately send you a faulty monitor.

Why what?

It started to show problems not 12 hours in to use :confused:

what kind of tests do they run?

Surveyor · 2 Aug 2011 at 15:25

Cleeecooo said:
look at my sig

You've had it less than a day.

Give it time

Surveyor · 2 Aug 2011 at 15:30

Tummy said:
Why what?

It started to show problems not 12 hours in to use what kind of tests do they run?

What sort of tests do you expect them run?

It probably gets plugged in at the factory and a few tests are run.

If it passes that's it.

It's likely the same with every electrical item you've ever bought.

They're not going to test every one of the thousands of monitors they produce for hours on end.

Cleeecooo · 2 Aug 2011 at 15:32

Tummy said:
Why what?

It started to show problems not 12 hours in to use what kind of tests do they run?

For all you know it could have been tested for hours and it died after the testing?

Surveyor said:
You've had it less than a day.

Give it time

I shall change my sig when the time comes

Tummy · 2 Aug 2011 at 16:34

I reserve the right to be annoyed at a company for sending me a faulty item as a replacement, if you want to get your knickers in a twist feel free

Cleeecooo · 2 Aug 2011 at 16:36

Tummy said:
I reserve the right to be annoyed at a company for sending me a faulty item as a replacement, if you want to get your knickers in a twist feel free

as long as you didn't throw a tantrum a the poor slave on the other end of the phone

Purgatory · 2 Aug 2011 at 16:39

Surveyor said:
You've had it less than a day.

Give it time

LMAO

don't jinx it, he has a history of blowing up graphics cards as it is :rolleyes:

, I was surprised to see one lived and ended up on the OC MM the other day

Prays it does not catch fire in the new buyers machine :eek:

OHH back on topic that is the monitor 100% not the graphics card

.

Cleeecooo · 2 Aug 2011 at 16:41

Purgatory said:
LMAO don't jinx it, he has a history of blowing up graphics cards as it is , I was surprised to see one lived and ended up on the OC MM the other day

My 580 is doing just fine at 950/2250

Just passed OCCT and furmark

Tummy · 2 Aug 2011 at 16:42

Cleeecooo said:
as long as you didn't throw a tantrum a the poor slave on the other end of the phone

Ah you mis took "***** fit" for being abusive and rude? no?

I told them I wasn't impressed sending me a replacement monitor that was faulty, however I'm perfectly capable of telling people how I disprove of there service or how unhappy I am while remanning polite and calm.

Cleeecooo · 2 Aug 2011 at 16:44

Tummy said:
Ah you mis took "***** fit" for being abusive and rude? no?

I told them I wasn't impressed sending me a replacement monitor that was faulty, however I'm perfectly capable of telling people how I disprove of there service or how unhappy I am while remanning polite and calm.

brilliant - just making sure

You always do get the manchildren who start shouting abuse :/

Purgatory · 2 Aug 2011 at 16:47

Tummy said:
however I'm perfectly capable of telling people how I disprove of there service or how unhappy I am while remanning polite and calm.

Me too mate but fractal design are not replying to my emails this time :rolleyes:

... Maybe I need you to contact their "put any words you like here" for me to get them to reply.

BTW I had same problem with an IIYAMA monitor a few years back and they replaced my 1 broken monitor with 3 replacements and all 3 were broken in some way and one even had blood stains on it... In the end the lady that I was dealing with at iiyama was shocked, she got the pictures of the blood stains and the monitor was scratched to high heaven on the screen too. She sent me a brand new monitor in the end that was their top of the range at the time.. I called up said wrong monitor but this one is great, she said it's a gift from us for all the hassle we caused and they were surprised how polite I remained during the whole thing.. The monitor was like 4x the price of the one I purchased originally.