On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 10:50:01AM -0400, Walter Tautz wrote: | is the video card that is sending faulty signals? or | is it the monitor. The monitor is a Mag MXP17F about 6 years old. | Any thoughts? Is there someway I can definitely confirm that the | monitor is faulty or the videocard. Can I focus the monitor?
6 years old ... that's pretty old. I read once that TV manufacturers only expect an average lifetime of 5-7 years. The monitor may be getting dusty, or the electron guns may be misaligned. I know someone who had a large TV that had a mirror at the bottom so it was much shallower than a regular TV. It started to get quite dim after some time. When he opened it up there was a lot of dust on the mirror. Cleaning the dust off solved the problem. (might not be relevant, but ...) If you can try replacing the monitor _or_ video card. By changing only 1 of them you can determine which is causing the problem. Changing the monitor is probably the easiest to do, if you have a spare monitor you can try. -D
