My monitor is now showing gray lines of varying thickness all across and up and down my screen. Since this monitor is about 4 or 5 years old (17 inch), could it simply be going out, or is it more likely a video card problem (which is only about 2 years old)? The monitor also seems to be getting dimmer.
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Monitor or Video Card Problem?
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Most likely your monitor. Just use process of elimination. Run your moniter on a different computer and see what happens.
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I brought it to work and had the computer guys hook it up to their computers and it worked fine. They suggested I then try re-seating the video card, which I did, but it didn't solve the problem. If the monitor worked at work, and re-seating the video card did nothing, then my guess is it's the video card.
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