Ok, here's the deal...yesterday I bought a Sony G400 from a guy for 40 dollars, and he stated the display was faded..and indeed it is. Everything appears really washed out...the colors are pastel looking, and the black is greyish
contrast and what not does not help, neither does tweaking the settings on my Radeon 8500, or changing the temp settings or anything on the monitor. I remember on an old monitor of mine that did this, I increased the voltage via a POT on the back of the monitor with the cover off..however this monitor doesn't seem to have one that I can see.
Another issue is there are quite a few vertical lines on the screen, probably 10-12. I know these monitors use fine wire to hold the picture in place, but 10-12 of them? They're not even totally vertical...they slant a bit, being higher to the right, and sloping to the left.
Other than these problems, it seems to work ok. the OSD works and I"m using it to type this message.
My question is...can I turn up the voltage on this monitor to get things brighter and more vibrant, and possibly get rid of the lines, or is this monitor toast? And if so, how is Sony regarding warranty? Thanks for any help you can give.
contrast and what not does not help, neither does tweaking the settings on my Radeon 8500, or changing the temp settings or anything on the monitor. I remember on an old monitor of mine that did this, I increased the voltage via a POT on the back of the monitor with the cover off..however this monitor doesn't seem to have one that I can see.
Another issue is there are quite a few vertical lines on the screen, probably 10-12. I know these monitors use fine wire to hold the picture in place, but 10-12 of them? They're not even totally vertical...they slant a bit, being higher to the right, and sloping to the left.
Other than these problems, it seems to work ok. the OSD works and I"m using it to type this message.
My question is...can I turn up the voltage on this monitor to get things brighter and more vibrant, and possibly get rid of the lines, or is this monitor toast? And if so, how is Sony regarding warranty? Thanks for any help you can give.
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