Strange Trails on Monitor

[Nigey Nige]

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Not sure if you'll be able to see it in the picture, since I'm pretty sure it's a monitor problem and not a graphics problem, but contrasting areas on my display leave 'trails' going to their right, as if they're flying to the left at high speed. :ohdear: Sometimes the trails are longer or more intense than usual, but it's particularly bad now. Has anyone had this problem before? My monitor is fairly new (Samsung 2242 LNX) and I'd rather not replace it.

[B]EDIT:[/B] Okay, shaking my monitor from left to right affects the trails. Can I fix it or do I need a new monitor?

[editline]06:07PM[/editline]

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Kinda like that.

[alphaspida]

If you can shake the monitor to make the problem worse, than most likely it's the monitor.

I'd see if you can replace it under warranty if you still have one.

You can also check the connection to the monitor, make sure it's in place in all

[shodan]

i think that the internal hardware is broken(screen) or the (lcd) screen is broken.

[alphaspida]

Not necessarily the screen, but the projection conversion of the hardware

[Nigey Nige]

Actually, I've been moving it around and I reckon it's external interference. Can speakers do that if positioned next to the monitor?

[editline]06:18PM[/editline]

[QUOTE=Mega1mpact;23917895]i think that the internal hardware is broken(screen) or the (lcd) screen is broken.[/QUOTE]

what

[alphaspida]

Try whatever you can.

[shodan]

try and look if another screen works fine on your pc

[Thor667]

Do you connect via the monitor through DVI or VGA?

[Nigey Nige]

[QUOTE=Thor667;23918131]Do you connect via the monitor through DVI or VGA?[/QUOTE]

VGA, but moving the monitor away from the speakers seems to have cured the problem. For now, anyway. Must have been electrical interference.

[alphaspida]

Were they physically touching?

[GunfighterJ]

if you have big speakers, there will be big magnets in those speakers. The magnets are probably what caused the interference.

[Trolleydude]

[QUOTE=alphaspida;23920814]Were they physically touching?[/QUOTE]

nope

[QUOTE=GunfighterJ;23923308]if you have big speakers, there will be big magnets in those speakers. The magnets are probably what caused the interference.[/QUOTE]

That's what I thought, but moving the speakers closer doesn't do anything. The interference only changes when I move the monitor itself back or forward.

[Darkimmortal]

VGA, being analogue, is open to interference. Try a thicker/different VGA cable.

[Thor667]

Or go DVI if you can.

[gerbile4]

[QUOTE=Nigey Nige;23917999]

what[/QUOTE]

He fucking has no idea what he is talking about but he goes and posts knowing he has no idea.

[Trolleydude]

[QUOTE=Darkimmortal;23960546]VGA, being analogue, is open to interference. Try a thicker/different VGA cable.[/QUOTE]

I've noticed that the trails don't appear while using my 360 with the monitor. The 360 uses a seperate VGA cable which connects to the existing one with an adaptor. What does this mean?

Thanks for the advice, though, I'll try repositioning the cable.

[editline]12:08AM[/editline]

lol alt