Monitor Causing Artifacting

[Mikepsyche]

My 21.5 Inch 1920x1080 HP 2159m is artifacting. It usually happens once every few days, for about 10 minutes. The monitor is about 6 years old; I assume this is the beginning of its death.

I switched between its VGA and DVI, and HDMI ports; the artifacting occurred eventually with every port.

My main question is whether or not there's anything I can do to revive it. Any part I can replace that would cost me half or less the cost of replacing the entire monitor?

(a bit of a lost cause, but I'd really appreciate any advice on it - preferably not "just get a better monitor")

 

[PP Mguire]

Can you provide an example of said artifacting?

What are your GPU load temps? When was the last time you cleaned out the ol 260 and did a repaste?

 

[Mikepsyche]

Oh my, I forgot a huge detail - I'm running this 1080 HP in addition to a 1680x1050 Acer - the Acer hasn't displayed any artifcacting at all.

I'll take a photo with my phone next time it happens.

 

[PP Mguire]

Is this just in general like on the desktop, or during gaming?

 

[Mikepsyche]

It happens during general use, maybe more often during gaming. It hasn't happened on my Acer monitor yet, although I only ever display games on the HP.

 

[PP Mguire]

Do you have another video card to test it on, or have you tried both DVI ports on the card with just the HP monitor? There is a good chance the cable or port can be going bad too.

 

[mud beaver]

monitors usually just die, they dont cause artifacting, my guess is your graphics card is dieing