Weird vertical lines - monitor dying?

enkoda · 15 Jun 2010 at 21:56

Ok, I'm getting worried, I've got some weird vertical lines running down my display, as per the image:

It's a 19" Iiyama PLE1900WS fed from an ATi 5850 via vga cable (no spare one to rule this out, unfortunately).
The lines are spaced approximately 4cm apart.
They are present on the desktop and games, but haven't noticed them on BIOS/Windows loading screens.

Can anyone shed any light as to what's going on?
And should I be saving now for a replacement monitor?

Any feedback appreciated!

MiNxYyY · 15 Jun 2010 at 21:58

Have you got another screen you can test?

Might be your card thats causing the problem

enkoda · 15 Jun 2010 at 22:07

I don't have access to another screen or cable until Tuesday at the earliest.

There are no lines when I output to our TV, but that's via HDMI.

MiNxYyY · 15 Jun 2010 at 22:09

hmm, is your card OC at all?

enkoda · 15 Jun 2010 at 22:17

Nope, standard clocks.
I'll be able to hook up a laptop to the monitor, but not until tomorrow.

And I've just had the lecture from my other half about how I've spent far too much money on this computer already!!

Yjani · 15 Jun 2010 at 22:31

ATI problem mate, lots of issues around the net with the 5800 series, even on there forums. ATI have posted a hotfix for this specific condition, you'll have to find it though

james.miller · 15 Jun 2010 at 22:33

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/Grey-screen-and-vertical-line-corruptions.aspx

no idea if it works with the latest cats or whether it's already included though

Yjani · 15 Jun 2010 at 22:45

Thats the one

enkoda · 16 Jun 2010 at 19:09

Many thanks, d/loading hotfix now!

doiks14 · 16 Jun 2010 at 23:28

Never heard of an issue like that related with monitors ever... if the hotfix doesn't work, it could be down noise, try a different VGA cable and make sure its tightly connected, also try to not get the cable too close to anything that could produce noise.