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| Thread ID: 45299 | 2004-05-17 15:37:00 | Pretty little pinholes of light on my monitor. Oh dear, is it dying? | Laura (43) | Press F1 |
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| 237275 | 2004-05-17 17:21:00 | Yep..they do stay in the same place. And yep -it's time insomniacs turned their machines off & went for pillows instead. |
Laura (43) | ||
| 237276 | 2004-05-17 17:21:00 | Hi Laura, you could try this (freepctech.com) monitor test program. When you run the program click on the 'Colour' button , click again to change the colour. Do those tiny pinholes of white light still show? Are those tiny pinholes of white light always in the same place? Steve |
Steve Askew (119) | ||
| 237277 | 2004-05-17 17:25:00 | Thanks, Steve You caught me just before I pulled the plug for tonight. Will try your useful suggestion tomorrow & report back. |
Laura (43) | ||
| 237278 | 2004-05-17 18:58:00 | Laura, Does your monitor have any adjustments for things like pin cushion? Fiddling with things like brightness and contrast will not cure it.Only make the pin pricks less obvious. It is about 90% certain it is a monitor fault. 10% for a video card. How old is your video card? The cost of getting someone in to check it out would be almost as much as replacing your monitor. And if they find a faulty monitor , well you've still got to pay for a new one. Can you borrow a monitor from a friend to try out on your comp. Just to be sure? If it was me I would buy a new monitor. After all old faithful is five years old and deserves retirement. Jack |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 237279 | 2004-05-17 21:48:00 | I have had the same thing with my large space guzzling display as well.... Ummm...how to put this delicately.... You havn't been splashing liquid around it have you... when my monitor gets droplets of water (wiping the sweat from my brow while playing The Sum of all fears online) it can have the same pinpricks of rainbow... Just a thought... |
simonc (2694) | ||
| 237280 | 2004-05-17 21:49:00 | Although it is probably the other stuff other posters have been saying... I am in no way technical...but learning!! |
simonc (2694) | ||
| 237281 | 2004-05-17 21:51:00 | Laura, are you certain those little pinholes of light on your monitor do not have anything to do with the time of night you are using the machine? ;-) You guys make me tired just looking at the time you made your postings. Don't you lot sleep?!! :p :D |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 237282 | 2004-05-17 22:51:00 | > Laura, are you certain those little pinholes of light > on your monitor do not have anything to do with the > time of night you are using the machine? ;-) > > You guys make me tired just looking at the time you > made your postings. Don't you lot sleep?!! :p :D Maybe it's the stars shining through the window & reflecting off the screen? :p Steve |
Steve Askew (119) | ||
| 237283 | 2004-05-17 22:51:00 | Hi Laura SimonC has hit on one of the most common causes for that effect. Any spots of transparent matter on your screen face will act as lenses and create magnified spots of light. Take a look at the scess from and oblique langle with the monitor off and in good lighting. If you see any surface spots, wash them off. This is unlikely though because that usually only shows on illuminated areas and as I understand it, your spots are in dark areas. CRT monitors do not fail to "bright pixels" (phosphor dots) in fact they are technically incapable of doing that. They only fail to dead pixels which give dark spots. Pixels isn't the technically correct term here, but it is one that most computer users understand. (If I wrote about triads you'd think I was mistaking this for an organised-crime advice forum! ) My money is on the video card as that is probably the only way of addressing exactly the same location each time the screen is scanned. You may be able to test this by marking a couple of spot locations with a fine-tip marker pen then adjusting the width or horizontal position of your display. In theory the spots should move in sympathy. A similar test result might be achieved by changing the resolution of your video display. In fact, anything that asks the video card to change its operational parameters might have the same effect and prove the point. Don't have the old girl put down just yet, there may be years of life yet to be enjoyed. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 237284 | 2004-05-17 22:56:00 | Laura, Probably not a monitor fault from the description, sounds more like video card or suchlike. Whites dots in the middle of the sceen at switch on/off however show a minor fault, most of the time. Random bright spots in the same place on the screen no matter what site you are looking at shows computer fault, so long as most of the picture is ok. Hook monitor up to another computer and check whether or not the fault goes away. There are also checks built into the Windows o/s which will allow you to check the functioning of the video card. Look for checks of DirectX I think. Give a bit more info after you have hooked up to another computer please. Rob. |
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