OT: Calling computer nerds

polarpooch

polarpooch

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Since this is the only message board I subscribe to, and I noticed a lot of computer related occupations listed from posters...please help me figure out this (deceptively) simple problem:
I have a line running down the entire length of my screen. Sometimes it's on the far left of the screen, sometimes it's in the middle. Sometimes it's green. Sometimes it's blue. Sometimes it goes away for a few weeks. It's making me nuts to look at.
I use a Sony Pentablet LX910. I run Windows ME (stop laughing). I've tried a variety of system restores and a variety of online help services.
Can anyone tell me how to get this obnoxious line off my screen???? Please don't tell me I need a new monitor. I love this thing and they don't make 'em anymore.
 
stacyt

stacyt

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Please don't tell me I need a new monitor
It sounds as though you already know the answer.:)
 
polarpooch

polarpooch

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You need a new Cathoid Ray Tube, thats all
Are you guys playing with me because I called you NERDS?! Really, I say it with affection:)
What on earth is a Cathoid Ray Tube? Is this code for GET A NEW MONITOR?
 
aarone

aarone

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a cathode ray tube is a monitor for your computer. Its the same system your tv uses. most of them are flat screen (not flat panel).
You might not need a new monitor. Is your refresh rate turned up to high? that could be a problem. Is it an lcd? you said pentablet, that sounds like a laptop. It could be that you had an encounter with a magnet on the screen for along period of time. give me the spec i might be able to help you out.
 
kpogue

kpogue

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I think the electron scan gun becomes stuck at various times and heats the phospher in the area thus producing the various colors at different places!:rolleyes: But anyway!....If it were me I'd get a new monitor.
 
bergshawn

bergshawn

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Also make sure there are no pins bent or loose or broken on your video cable. A loose connection or some broken pins could be causing some wierdness on the screen if the cable is stressed or pulled a certain way.
Shawn
 
aarone

aarone

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i agree with bergshawn, dont listen to anyone else on this topic, none of there suggestions will help you.:D
 
polarpooch

polarpooch

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Ok, wow. Lots of things to try. I tried reducing the refresh rate, didn't work. Tried slowing down the acceleration. Didn't work. I tried reinstalling the driver. No luck. The flux capacitor checks out fine:)--so IT'S NOT THAT, thank heavens!
The monitor I have is a very special monitor. It's not a laptop. It's a "write/draw-on" collapseable tablet LCD flat panel monitor. Replacing it would cost me between $900 and $1300 bucks. That's why I'm hoping for some advice on things to try before I decide to go into debt again. I'll check the connection cord. Of course, all things Sony are not "standard", so if that's a problem, I'll have to fork out for something proprietary from them that would cost half as much if I hadn't been seduced by the beautiful screen on the thing and just gotten a Dell.
Really, I'd rather spend $1300 upgrading my eel tank!
Thanks for the advice thus far. And really, sorry about the NERD thing.
 
stacyt

stacyt

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I would try another video card before I replaced the monitor. More than likely it's the monitor, but swapping the video would be a quick easy thing to try.
 
eric4usa

eric4usa

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Well with LCD there's no cathode ray tube shooting colors all over the place.
I've seen that happen on a dying video card, check that.
The combination of 'LCD' and 'write/draw-on' sounds like a very poor design to start with as LCD is so fragile.
 
polarpooch

polarpooch

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Will try the video card swap and some of the other suggestions...and if all else fails--well it will pain me, because this could very well be the coolest monitor ever made, but I guess I'll get a new one.
Thanks for all the help!
 
aarone

aarone

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lighten up francis...
I love that movie, sarge
He needed serious help, no one would help him. Just stating my opinion. No harm intended.
 
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