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Thread ID: 92708 2008-08-19 11:00:00 Dead pixels in the same place on 2 monitors Atrake (14102) Press F1
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698714 2008-08-19 11:00:00 Hi,
Im currently running 2 monitors, 1 wide screen and 1 normal. I get around 20 dead pixels in colours of red green and blue spread across the screen, whenever something is dark coloured on screen. The pixels are in the same positions on both screens. Can anyone tell me whats wrong or how to get rid of them?

Windows xp
Asus motherboard but not sure of the model
1gb ram
geforce 7900 GT
Monitors are both lcd and on DVI cables

Thanks in advance.
Atrake (14102)
698715 2008-08-19 11:09:00 Is the graphics card in the mobo correctly??

Try taking it out, dusting it and putting it back.
jwil1 (65)
698716 2008-08-22 13:32:00 got another PC to test them on? are they both the same monitor, if they are you might have picked up some dodgey monitors williamF (115)
698717 2008-08-22 14:50:00 are the dead/stuck pixels in the exact same places? that would indicate a dodgy bit of common wiring somewhere

couldn't hurt to try a different monitor though
motorbyclist (188)
698718 2008-08-22 23:04:00 It's something to do with the signal going into them, if both monitors do exactly the same thing. Considering they are different, one widescreen, one not.

It could be your video card is faulty, or your cable is faulty (or has a bad connection) - DVI is more likely to have noticeable problems than VGA if there's something a bit wrong.

Or perhaps some nice person has put a joke program on your PC which is designed to make you think your monitor is broken. Not completely sure of this, but it's a possibility..
Agent_24 (57)
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