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1901fp text artifacts
I've had a 1901fp for 14 months and used it for 5000-6000 hrs on my Dimension 8300 w/Radeon 9800 pro (winXP) I'm using the DVI cable. I'm been using winXP's cleartype text smoothing for as long as I've had the monitor. I use 1280x1024, 32bit color, 60Hz Refresh Rate. I haven't changed any settings or drivers recently. I haven't ever had any other problems with this monitor.
Recently I've been noticing a few text characters on the screen have been misshapen slightly, as if a few extra black pixels that shouldn't be there are surrounding the characters. The characters are still readable, but they aren't shaped properly. Only a few characters on the screen are affected at any given time, and often times, everything is fine. As I change windows or scroll down documents or webpages however, a few Characters will experience this slight blurring effect (completely random, different places on the screen). If i scroll down , or I highlight the characters, the artifacts go away. I have performed the reset, but the problem hasn't gone away.
What you describing sounds very much like a driver corruption issue, particularly when scrolling. A very simple check would be to reinstall/update your video card driver, if you have not done so already. Seldom does this effect have anything to do with the hardware itself. Driver corruption can be caused in a variety of ways and is not unheard of. See FAQ at top of Dimension Video Forum Board for specifics on performing this task.
I wasn't happy to read your post since I've got the same setup, but am only 11 months into usage!
I think it may be a heat issue with the video card. Try the monitor on another computer as the other post suggests, and you might also try letting a desk fan blow at the computer to see if greater circulation keeps the errors from appearing.
Dysseron
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Posted November 1st, 2004 11:00