Thanks for the response. I'm doing just that right now. Whatever causes it takes a couple of weeks so this will be a *very* slow troubleshooting session. Strange ....
On Feb 25, 7:36 am, Mohammad AbuShady <[email protected]> wrote: > Well i always knew that magnetic fields (from huge speakers or subwoofers) > next to CRT screens make the colors do some funny things, but i am not sure > it effects LCD, but i can't think of something that would do such a thing to > an LCD screen.. maybe try moving the pc case it self a lil far or something. > Next time u get this smearing move the screen without turning it off, you > might find out what direction makes it go worse and figure out what is doing > this. > > ~Coalwater~ > > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 10:03 PM, P Ratcliff <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Hello All, > > > I am having the weirdest monitor problem. I have a Gateway 24inch HD > > LCD which started smearing to the right. By smearing, I mean that text > > and images would have a ghosting effect on the right of the text or > > image that gradually faded out as it moved away from the text or > > image. > > > This got worse and worse to the point where, as a graphics person, it > > became unusable. I replaced it with a Dell of the same size. > > Everything looked just fine ... for a few weeks. Then, this monitor > > began to do the exact same thing. > > > In an effort to troubleshoot this problem, I replaced the Dell with > > the *original* Gateway, which had magically fixed itself during the > > several weeks it sat on the shelf. I put the Dell on a different PC > > which sits near to my main machine. Over the next few weeks the Dell > > cleared up and the Gateway started having problems with smearing > > again. > > > I have to think something *near* the place where I put my monitor is > > causing this. Does anyone have any ideas? The only three things on the > > right of the monitor are the PC itself, a smallish Altech PC speaker > > and a WACOM pad. > > > Thanks in advance ... > > P Ratcliff > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Computer Tech Support" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<computer-tech-support%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Computer Tech Support" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en.
