Monitor distortion problem

[Dr Nick]

Hi Everybody,
I just got a Compaq TFT 8020 Flatpannel monitor that is working great exept that about one cm at the top of the monitor it is a little squigly (like one row of pixles is off or somthing) is this a graphics card problem or is this from actual damage to the monitor?
Thanks

 

[Juice Daddy]

do you have another monitor, or access to one that you can try...

if it does it on another then it is your video card...

 

[Dr Nick]

No, It only does it on this monitor. Hmmmm That sucks cuz i just got this one. O well its only in a very small portion of the top of the screen so it probably won't affact anything

 

[uber]

Sounds like either dead pixels or some sort of corrupt plasma. I don't know much about monitors.

 

[Juice Daddy]

I heard about some japanese guy makeing a program that fixes dead pixels, something about flashing red green and blue in rappid sucsession

on a side note, if you got that monitor recently... if you bought it, try to use the warrenty...

 

[PZEROFGH]

probably a dead pixel, looks like the graphics card was working before you got the flat panel monitor

 

[Dr Nick]

Well im a little confused at the moment because as i said before, this didn't happen on the other flatscreen (same make and model too) so that leads me to think its the monitor but when i move the picture down it is still squigly at the top of the picture. Could the cable be getting interference from the rats nest of wires its on?

 

[Juice Daddy]

I doubt it, I have no experience with flat screen monitors though, do they take interferance from magnets, or static?

if you have a warrenty, then return it, thats what I would do...

 

[vaderpro]

If its a pixel issue you can try rubbing it with your finger gently....