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Meerkat
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Heya peeps,
My friend got a new PC the other day, but he was using his old Samsung LCD. Everything was working fin, then he decided to try a game, after the game loaded up a blue vertical line appeared on the screen suddenly, and it doesn't go away now. He also tried the monitor on a different PC, same problem.
Is the monitor dead?
My friend got a new PC the other day, but he was using his old Samsung LCD. Everything was working fin, then he decided to try a game, after the game loaded up a blue vertical line appeared on the screen suddenly, and it doesn't go away now. He also tried the monitor on a different PC, same problem.
Is the monitor dead?
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It's weird that it would manifest this problem coincidentally right when it was hooked up to a new PC, but if you tried it with a different PC that's pretty definitively a problem with the display and not his rig.
If not, then the monitor looks to be dying.
This is a good idea! It's unlikely but possible that it's actually just the cable. Definitely try it before he junks the monitor.
Today, the line on my screen flickered a couple times like it's going low on batteries. For a couple of minutes, it went ON and OFF. Finally in the middle of a game, the Line totally disappeared.
I don't get how it can fix itself :] The line came back for a few seconds after an hour of gameplay, but then disappeared again. And it's fine since 2-3 hours.
Anyway, I wont keep my hopes high.
Sounds like something in the monitor is almost dead but not quite there yet.
I'd look and see if you can get a good deal on a new monitor with upcoming black Friday sales somewhere.