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September 1st, 2005 20:00
Dell 2005FPW Backlight Leakage.
I got hold of a nice new 2005FPW today and I have to say that this monitor is beautiful. No dead pixels, perfect focus across the screen and very nice colour reproduction. I love it on the desktop, but watching movies leaves something to be desired.
There appears to a large amount of backlight leakage in both bottom corners and the top edge of the monitor. I have narrowed down that it must be the monitor that is the problem as I have tried the following:
Changing the monitor for my old CRT (No glow in the screen corners).
Changing the graphics card (2005FPW still glows).
Updating the drivers for my graphics card, and removing and reinstalling them (2005FPW still glows).
Used "Factory Reset" on the 2005FPW (2005FPW still glows).
What can I do about this problem? It seems to be a known one, but all of the posts in this forum seem to indicate people returning these monitors 3 or 4 times before getting one that is satisfactory. Why have I been sold this monitor if it was defective in the first place?
If it helps, the monitor was made in the UK in August 2005 and has the revision A02.
There appears to a large amount of backlight leakage in both bottom corners and the top edge of the monitor. I have narrowed down that it must be the monitor that is the problem as I have tried the following:
Changing the monitor for my old CRT (No glow in the screen corners).
Changing the graphics card (2005FPW still glows).
Updating the drivers for my graphics card, and removing and reinstalling them (2005FPW still glows).
Used "Factory Reset" on the 2005FPW (2005FPW still glows).
What can I do about this problem? It seems to be a known one, but all of the posts in this forum seem to indicate people returning these monitors 3 or 4 times before getting one that is satisfactory. Why have I been sold this monitor if it was defective in the first place?
If it helps, the monitor was made in the UK in August 2005 and has the revision A02.
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KO cape
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September 2nd, 2005 00:00
As it is new, you can call Dell to replace it. Insist on a new one, not rebuild. You have 21 days from the original shipping date.
Lets hope the replacement is better.
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September 12th, 2005 14:00
savo07
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October 18th, 2005 23:00
Anyone else have these problems? I need to know If I should try to replace it or not.