Display problem

[Richard Oliver]

I am running WinXP Home Ed.
I have a Samsung SyncMaster 793s monitor.
The latest drivers are installed.
There is a double dark bar effect on the lefthand side of the screen and
this seems to be reproduced on photographs that are loaded from my
camera and then saved to disk---
Any ideas please ? Richard

 

[Iceman]

I am running WinXP Home Ed.
I have a Samsung SyncMaster 793s monitor.
The latest drivers are installed.
There is a double dark bar effect on the lefthand side of the screen and
this seems to be reproduced on photographs that are loaded from my
camera and then saved to disk---
Any ideas please ? Richard

I must assume that your images are displayed on the left side of your
screen, the same side as the dark bar is.

It could be that a backlight bulb in your monitor is failing, and you
should take it to repairs.

I don't know, of course, how old your monitor is, but in my experience the
monitor is usually what first fails in computers, regardless of the usage.

 

[Richard Oliver]

The monitor is only about 10 mths old so I will take it in today.
thank you very much for your help.
Richard

 

[Richard Oliver]

Hows this for a quick repair ??
Took the monitor down for repair and as they did not have a loan machine
I decided to use it as is until I could get a monitor to use.
Took it back home , plugged it in and---a beautiful clear screen !!!!
Its a Samsung and only seven months old so I will watch it and have it
checked before the warranty expires.
wish me luck --Richard

 

[Iceman]

Hows this for a quick repair ??
Took the monitor down for repair and as they did not have a loan machine
I decided to use it as is until I could get a monitor to use.
Took it back home , plugged it in and---a beautiful clear screen !!!!
Its a Samsung and only seven months old so I will watch it and have it
checked before the warranty expires.
wish me luck --Richard

Seven months -- yes that *is* a little early for something to break down,
even by today's standards. ;-)

Glad to hear, however, that your monitor is performing well again, and I
hope it will continue to do so. And I'm sorry, then, if I sent you on a
fool's errand.

 

[Richard Oliver]

Not a fool's errand--just another step on the learning curve !!!
I really do appreciate the effort you chaps go to,to help us folks !!!
That in turn helps us to help others !!!
Kindest regards,Richard