LCD Problem

[OREOSpeedwagon]

I just got home and turned on the monitor, expecting a relaxing evening of some Band of Brothers. When I turned it on, the startup screen that is black with a teal "Acer" in the center of the screen was completely screwed up, all the pixels that were supposed to be black (almost all of the screen) were a light green color. Sure enough, when it went to my desktop it did the same thing and I can barely see what I'm typing right now. I've only had this monitor for about 4 or 5 months, so it shouldn't be going bad already should it? I've never had problems with it in the past, but has anyone had any problem like this with their LCD?

 

[Keeir]

Connected by DVI or VGA?

In either case, have a spare monitor cable?
Or a spare video card?

If you have a consistent color washes, most likely not all the information is getting to the monitor.

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

alright, i'm starting to think that the monitor is really starting to go bad. I switched cables (analog instead of DVI) and the monitor wouldn't even display my desktop, and if i tap the top of the monitor in the right spot the colors start to go back to normal, but then after a few seconds they go back to the way they were 🙁 Getting ready to call Acer tech support.

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

Originally posted by: Keeir
Connected by DVI or VGA?

In either case, have a spare monitor cable?
Or a spare video card?

If you have a consistent color washes, most likely not all the information is getting to the monitor.

I just tapped the monitor again and moved it facing down a little more than usual and the problem seems to have stopped. I'm not really sure what to think of it, hopefully the cable was just loose or something 😕

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

bump

the problem still happens when i turn it on, but after around 20 minutes or so it goes away. any ideas? 🙁