Computer Monitor issue!!

JD Seller

Well-known Member
My monitor has fine horizontal lines across it. Kind of looks like corduroy pants. LOL It makes text hard to read. It is more of a back ground type of thing. The darker print is not stripped but the surrounding area is. IT really strains the eye reading print.

I have tried a system restore and monitor factory reset. Nothing changed.

Is this monitor going bad??? Is there is a setting I can change to clear this up???
 
Probably the monitor. Easy to assess the issue, put adifferent monitor on the computer and see what happens.. Or use the monitor in question on a lap top to see if it has lines then. Jim
 
Mite get into the display and graphics control panels and play with some of the settings, possibly click "default settings", if that is an option.

Also, (if the display cable unplugs at both ends) try a different cable.
 
What I would recommend is to jot down the make and model number of your monitor, find the updated driver files online, then download the new driver in place of the old one. PRIOR to doing that, see if the version on your PC is the same version that you are downloading - there could possibly be a bug in the software, or it could have downloaded (updated) incorrectly last time your software did an update. Copy the old driver file to a different folder just in case the new driver file makes things worse. (Don't know about you, but sometimes some pretty freaky stuff happens to me! :shock: )

I use TV's rather than monitors. Gives a larger screen, etc. PC doesn't have HDMI output, so had to get an adapter...or converter - whatever it's called.

So between the driver and playing with the settings, hopefully you can get it cleared up.

Also, don't know if you know this, but you can hold the CTRL key while pressing the + key and it will make your text larger.
 

power off.. open cover, reseat video card as it has come loose from motherboard socket....

tighten cable connections on both ends and or replace video cable..


or bad cpu video card,

or bad monitor.
 
run it through a google search. I had the same or similar issue a few years ago, and I remember finding the answer on the net. involved turning something off in the control panel, but I don't remember what it was.
 
I opened my first flat panel monitor about seven years ago when before I retired I found one placed at the back dock on the floor ready for the dumpster.
Since they first came out I wondered how they changed from the big CRT models to these almost flat TV or monitor.
I took it home an found how to open the flat panel. There is a pattern to opening these unit without breaking it apart.
I found a single CAP or Capacitor defective. I de-soldered it and found a pack of 10 Caps on the internet.
I installed the new Cap and put it back together, and to my surprise it worked.
The cost of the single Cap to me was $.18. I had to by 10 to get one but then I had 9 spare caps of that size.

Since then and over the years I have repaired every TV or monitor that was offered to me from friends or friends of friends. I enjoy the challenge. and I only charge for the parts I use.

The largest screen I repaired was a 40" Sony flat panel TV. You would think they would be made of the best parts, but no, they are all built with the same cheap parts as the other brands.
The Sony had three bad Caps out of about 20 inside the case. Instead of ordering the same cheap brand I ordered each Cap from three different countries. Japan, China and Latvia in the old Russian republic. Two Caps were the size of a hockey puck.
It took three weeks to get all three Caps and 60 minutes to change them out. Total cost to me was $18.50, and I charged my coworker $20. that was 5 years ago and it still works.
The Caps I ordered were top of the line Caps, not the cheap $.15 factory capacitors.

I dare you to open it up if you have tried another monitor and know the problem is a bad monitor.
The other guys here are right in saying to try your display card settings, or PC display settings. Turn the monitor off and unplug it. It must go cold first before turning it back on for a test. It may take 15 minutes to go cold.
If your display is screwy it is usually a bad Cap. Caps are limited lifetimes. They have about a 2-3000 hour 105 or high degrees limit before they overheat.
If you can solder you can fix it yourself. I can answer a few questions if needed.
On several TV/monitor repairs I had to buy a package of 100 Caps even through I only needed 1 of that size and value.
I'm retired with lots of time now.
 
And holding down the CTRL key while pressing the - key reduces the size of the screen image, and pressing CTRL * returns it to the default setting. Handy to know.

Stan
 
Easiest is to try the monitor on another computer to isolate which it is, monitor or computer. I just had my best laptop go black. When I plugged in an outside monitor I got the lines like you describe only worse. Turned out my video chip died (easy to fix in a desktop, not so easy in a laptop). I found a used mother board on Ebay for $18 and replaced it by watching a YouTube video on another computer. Back to working great again.
 
Your post reminds me of a incident that happened awhile back and I read about it somewhere....you'll probably have to Google it to find it.
I'm going by memory here, so if part of this isn't quite right....sue me.
ANYWAY, a guy buys a 50" TV from WalMart for $200 on Black Friday. Of course, it was a no-name unit that WM is famous for on Black Friday, so he also purchased the extended warranty.
After the regular warranty had expired, but before the extended warranty expired, the TV fails. He gets a representative of the manufacturer on the phone (luckily), and they say that they will do one of two things: They will give him his $200 back OR they will give him a replacement TV. Now you usually can't get another 50" TV for $200, so he opts to take the replacement TV. Here is where things get a little sticky: The manufacturer no longer makes a 50" TV. The largest size that they make is now a 40" TV. So the guy can get his $200 back or get a 40" TV as a replacement. He wanted a replacement 50" TV, nothing smaller, but neither WM or the Chinese manufacturer would give him one. I do remember that he had taken the set apart and the failed part was the same failed part that everybody else reported who had bought this same TV had failed. And, of course,nobody made a replacement part, including the original manufacturer.
I never did hear how this was resolved.
 
It really is sad the quality of flat panel TVs or monitors. They can fail or get damaged during a power outage, when the power returns it's like a lightning bolt everywhere. 40-50 years ago every house was grounded at the house and with the power. Now the power ground is on a grid and instead of your house taking the entire lightning strike alone the power from the lightning goes everywhere to all homes and to all nearby business buildings.
It protects a single dwelling from the lightning hit which is good but at the same time every house for miles around gets part of the lightning bolt.
The circuit boards in todays equipment cannot take the power influence over and over again. The makers of the new monitors and TVs install parts at the factories that would have cost them $01, or 1 cent per 1,000 units of items inside your monitor.

Most if not all TV/monitor repair shops are board changers. They do not repair circuit board they just replace them under a factory warranty. When your 90 day warranty expires you pay for a new circuit board plus the labor to install them. Either take an extended policy when you buy new or be prepared to replace your device.
During a storm at home, unplug all devices you don't want to replace. You monitor may have survived several storms in the past but as soon as a single CAP begins to overheat the device will die. Caps degrade a little either from overheating, age or power outages.
 

I invested in one of those back-up battery units for this desktop. Lightning strikes and power surges have no effect now. The computer just keeps on truckin'. Eventually the back-up battery shuts down, but I know that is coming and can safely shut everything down. I probably should get another unit for the TV.
 
You didn't recently introduce any elect item (chair heating,massage) ) coffee cup heater etc to the area. I was working on a phone at work where they complained of static on the line. I repunched the connection then ran new wire circuit. Drove me nuts until I disconnected her chair heater.
 
Considering you can get a 24" flat panel monitor with a darned nice looking picture for $100, you gotta figure they're cutting corners somewhere.

At one point, televisions cost a man a week's salary.

If you don't want one made from cheap components, don't buy cheap monitors. It just boggles my mind how people buy the cheapest option on the shelf, then complain when it doesn't last as long as the one costing 5X as much.
 

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