Dark spots on monitor
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Dark spots on monitor
Dark spots on monitor screen right and left side from outside edge to almost center of screen. “Gateway VX1120 Mitsubishi Diamondtron”.
The Gateway Store Service Dept. checked the motherboard and video card “RIVA 32MB TNT-2 M64 AGP Video Card R1” and say they are okay. Have had 5 replacements and all have the same spots, however on 2 of the replacements they were much lighter but the screen was washed out on them.
I am about to ask Gateway for a different brand, but would like to know what causes the dark spots.
Thanks for any suggestions you might have.
Jerry
The Gateway Store Service Dept. checked the motherboard and video card “RIVA 32MB TNT-2 M64 AGP Video Card R1” and say they are okay. Have had 5 replacements and all have the same spots, however on 2 of the replacements they were much lighter but the screen was washed out on them.
I am about to ask Gateway for a different brand, but would like to know what causes the dark spots.
Thanks for any suggestions you might have.
Jerry
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That's what I was thinking. Maybe some magnetic interference? Speakers maybe? Try moving the monitor and the computer temporarily. Try connecting th monitor to another computer. Try moving the card to another computer temporarily. See if you can eliminate some components here and figure out exactly where the problem is.
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If the monitor was beside a strong magnet moving it may not solve the problem. Once the screen is magntized you need to degauss it. There is adegzusser built in but it is not very strong and may not clean up a serious magnetizaton problem.
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Ok, so this poses an interesting question: Why the he!! would you hold a phone up to your monitor??? I know you didn't, a customer or something, but why would anyone do that??? Was it making funny noises? Did it have a friend on the other line? Maybe some monitor from college or something? They used to work on projects together and just wanted to catch-up??? I can't think of any good reason to do that???
Ahh, I bet I know, this was one of Phonetek's practical jokes...
Ahh, I bet I know, this was one of Phonetek's practical jokes...