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monitor image goes off-center
Name: kathiefreeman Date: July 13, 2008 at 15:52:56 Pacific OS: vista CPU/Ram: / Product: hp
Comment:
Every so often the image on my monitor goes off center to the left and becomes streaky and blurry. It will stay that way for anywhere from a few seconds to several minutes, then revert to normal. My monitor is about 6 years old. Do I need a new one?
Name: kathiefreeman Date: July 14, 2008 at 07:35:26 Pacific
Reply:
The computer I have is less than a year old, so I doubt it is the video card. But then again, what do I know. You guys are the experts. Thanks, Kathie
Kathie Freeman
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Response Number 4
Name: guapo Date: July 14, 2008 at 09:42:44 Pacific
Reply:
We can guess all day. Swapping the monitor will eliminate guessing.
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Response Number 5
Name: kathiefreeman Date: July 17, 2008 at 08:34:05 Pacific
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If I had another monitor I would have done that to begin with. Also the problem is intermitentent, and it would be days if not weeks before I really knew for sure. I just wanted to know if there might be somthing else I could try first. Thanks, Kathie
Kathie Freeman
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Response Number 6
Name: guapo Date: July 17, 2008 at 17:59:50 Pacific
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It's usually one of two things, the monitor or the video card. Changing one or the other will give you the answer. It's up to you.
You can also look in the event viewer for errors. start run, eventvwr.msc
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Response Number 7
Name: kathiefreeman Date: July 18, 2008 at 08:30:15 Pacific
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I'm sorry, even if I understood any of that, which I don't, the log times don't match the problem times, and none of it seems to apply to the video card or monitor. Anyway, I went ahead and bought a new monitor, and have had no problems since then, knock wood. Kathie
Kathie Freeman
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Response Number 8
Name: guapo Date: July 18, 2008 at 17:06:39 Pacific
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