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Rav88

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October 4th, 2008 01:00

Flickering/Shimmering effect

My Dell 2007fp monitor was failing and dell sent me a new monitor. That one had a lot of dead pixels and I called and complained and have since received another monitor. This new one is a refurbished 2007fp monitor and it arrived today.  This  monitor is great, no dead pixels, over all great. But I noticed a characteristic tonight that I’d never seen before. On grey backgrounds and even tan backgrounds the monitor seems to have this very faint flicker/shimmering effect. This is my second replacement and I was all set to be happy with it, but I’m not sure anymore. Does anyone know what this is or if there is something I can do to fix it. Is this monitor on the brink of failing too? My original monitor did not do this nor did the first replacement. Thanks!

  • Rav88

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    Posted October 4th, 2008 02:00

    Well my replacement monitor just died and turned off and won’t come back on again. So I guess the answer to my question is that a monitor that is exhibiting flicking/shimmering/pulsing effects means it’s about to break. Hopefully my next replacement will be defect free.
  • wlpatch

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    Posted October 10th, 2008 00:00

    Don't use the factory "default" settings. I had the same problem with a "flickering" effect, which was very evident on white backgrounds. Reinstalled drivers, etc. to no avail. Finally reset the brightness and/or contrast up, and this solved the "flickering" effect.

    Message Edited by wlpatch on 10-09-2008 09:53 PM