I have a NEC Multisynch LCD 3090WQXI that's 10 years old tomorrow. It's served me well and continues to do so .... except that it's recently begun to show a single pixel width vertical line in yellow, about 3/5ths of the way across the screen from the left. This yellow line does disappear after the monitor's been displaying for a while (perhaps 15 minutes) but it'll come back if I leave the computer on but the screen blank. (It's currently set to go dark after 15 minutes of no use).
Is this a sign that the monitor is on the way out? Is it possible to fix the problem in some way? I understand that it's unwise to take the back off a monitor to poke about as there are high voltage capacitors in there that may discharge enough to kill! But perhaps there's a monitor fixing service somewhere about, even here in wild West Wales.
I'm planning to have a new desktop computer around the turn of the year, when Win 7 is no longer fully supported. The current computer is 8 years old and also still good - although a recent move into video, as well as still photography, is proving rather demanding. But if the monitor's on the way out, I'll need to replace that first then save up some more for a new computer. (The old one is going to a grandson).
I'd rather keep the NEC monitor as it's still displaying well enough for Photoshop as well as less colour-critical programs, so if anyone has advice about fixing the vertical yellow line problem, or about any useful maintenance/refurbishment procedure, I'd be grateful.
Lataxe
Is this a sign that the monitor is on the way out? Is it possible to fix the problem in some way? I understand that it's unwise to take the back off a monitor to poke about as there are high voltage capacitors in there that may discharge enough to kill! But perhaps there's a monitor fixing service somewhere about, even here in wild West Wales.
I'm planning to have a new desktop computer around the turn of the year, when Win 7 is no longer fully supported. The current computer is 8 years old and also still good - although a recent move into video, as well as still photography, is proving rather demanding. But if the monitor's on the way out, I'll need to replace that first then save up some more for a new computer. (The old one is going to a grandson).
I'd rather keep the NEC monitor as it's still displaying well enough for Photoshop as well as less colour-critical programs, so if anyone has advice about fixing the vertical yellow line problem, or about any useful maintenance/refurbishment procedure, I'd be grateful.
Lataxe
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