[dba-Tech] pc has visual problems

[Susan Harkins]

Gary -- it's the screen on the laptop. Connected monitors are fine. 

Susan H. 


In my opinion, things to consider and check....

1) physical connection

2) bad cable

3) bad driver

4) Bad video card or circuitry

5) bad monitor

Mostly the isolation of the problem would be swapping things around.
Unplugging and replugging or on another computer to see if things work there.

Check the cable connection on both ends.  Perhaps a loose cable.

Try the monitor on a different computer or if you have two connections on the same computer swap them.

Good luck.

On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 11:01 AM Susan Harkins <ssharkins at gmail.com> wrote:

> My pc has vertical and horizontal lines this morning. Rebooting does 
> change things a bit, but it doesn't get rid of them. I've switched my 
> main monitor so I can still work, but I'm down a screen, which is inconvenient.
> I'll live. 😊
>
> Instead of buying a new pc, I'm wondering if there might be an easy 
> fix -- maybe hardware circuitry or something? I have no idea what the 
> insides of a pc look like and I don't know if it's even possible to switch out a "card"
> the way you can in a tower. At first, I thought I'd just run disc 
> repair, but the other monitors are fine, so I don't think that will 
> work. If it were a disc read problem, wouldn't I see the same lines on another monitor?
>
> So, my husband's pc shopping this morning, but I've told him not to 
> buy anything yet.
>
> Any thoughts? Thanks in advance. I haven't done any research yet -- I 
> have too much word to do today to attend to it until later this afternoon.
>
> Susan H
>
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