i have an ev700 gateway monitor


today i turned it on and there were weird horizontal lines and everything in general looks bad. it was fine yesterday.

say, if Windows Explorer is open, there is a line going across the whole screen at the location and same pixel height of each of the folders


anybody know what the deal is??

8/3/2005 9:53:48 PM

Either a dying video card or some kind of EM interference.

8/3/2005 9:57:32 PM

happened to me with my monitor. something was loose on the side of the monitor (whatever it is that controled that horizontal line). when i pressed firmly on the side of the monitor where the damaged line was it instantly would work and not work. after a couple times pressing it was fixed. haven't touched it since (and it works fine)

good luck man

8/4/2005 10:01:10 AM

Either a dying video card or some kind of EM interference.

(or that could easily be the problem) careful with magnetic or metallic stuff

8/4/2005 10:02:16 AM

degauss the monitor (setting in the controls)

prolly not a vid card.

is it green around the right/left edges?

8/4/2005 10:16:24 AM

I mention the video card because the one video card that I've had die on me did just what he's describing. I didn't think about it being a connection or settings issue with the monitor. That could easily be the problem.

8/4/2005 10:31:01 AM