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Corrosion
12-25-2006, 07:38 PM
Got a new 20 inch widescreen 5 MS viewsonic monitor and everytime i quit out of a game it gets artifacts then i turn the monitor of then back on and its fine. i did a print screen when it was doing this and i pasted it in paint and there were no artifacts in the screenshot. so it IS the monitor.

Any ideas. if not ill just take it back and get a new one
DR.Death
12-25-2006, 07:42 PM
check the cable and it might be the screen
p-jack
12-25-2006, 07:48 PM
if you´ve verified that it definately IS the monitor, then yea get a new one.
Corrosion
12-25-2006, 07:49 PM
K tomarrow ill get a new 1.
ktr
12-25-2006, 09:41 PM
Got a new 20 inch widescreen 5 MS viewsonic monitor and everytime i quit out of a game it gets artifacts then i turn the monitor of then back on and its fine. i did a print screen when it was doing this and i pasted it in paint and there were no artifacts in the screenshot. so it IS the monitor.

Any ideas. if not ill just take it back and get a new one

lol, i got a 22in acer lcd with a 5ms response....sadly it has one dead pixel...oh well i shall exchange it tomorrow.

for your problem, does the game has a different resolution than the windows desktop? it is possible that the monitor is failing to change resolution.
Corrosion
12-25-2006, 10:02 PM
Yeah the game is Live for speed. it was 1200 - 1050.
WarEagleAU
12-26-2006, 12:06 AM
Could be the resolution, specially being a widescreen lcd
Mediocre
12-26-2006, 12:15 AM
lol, i got a 22in acer lcd with a 5ms response....sadly it has one dead pixel...oh well i shall exchange it tomorrow.

for you problem, does the game has a different resolution than the windows desktop? it is possible that the monitor is failing to change resolution.

good luck getting an exchange for one dead pixel. Its usually 8 or more before they RMA.
ktr
12-26-2006, 12:39 AM
the gift came from circuit city...not newegg...
Sasqui
12-26-2006, 12:46 AM
the gift came from circuit city...not newegg...
I think they charge a 15% restocking fee for "non-defective" items, but it might be a store-to-store thing or for components - I asked them once before a "test-drive" of a power supply and buying a hard drive I needed asap.

You could always find nasty ways of "making" it defective (really evil grin :rolleyes: ).

For the original topic - yea, what everyone else said. And definitely check the cables!
InfDamarvel
12-26-2006, 01:51 AM
lol my 19inch ws Hanns-G was $129 dollars shit is perfect and bright and it didnt have 1 dead pixel. 5ms response time.
ktr
12-26-2006, 02:28 AM
I think they charge a 15% restocking fee for "non-defective" items, but it might be a store-to-store thing or for components - I asked them once before a "test-drive" of a power supply and buying a hard drive I needed asap.

You could always find nasty ways of "making" it defective (really evil grin :rolleyes: ).

For the original topic - yea, what everyone else said. And definitely check the cables!

i checked their return policy, there is no restocking fee for exchanges...
Atomic77
12-26-2006, 05:25 AM
Check your connections and settings. :)