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im not sure if its my video card or my monitor..

sometimes my monitor goes all blurry for some reason usualy i just do something with the focus thing.. but lately its really irrating.. keeps happening more often acually. so whats going on? is it my video card or my monitor? i have a Acer widescreen LCD monitor AL1916W
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Hi. When did this start? Have you made any changes to your system recently?
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like a month ago. i had this monitor for a year. never changed anything except the video card.
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Have you tried updating the drivers for the video card?
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mm yup, my drivers are completely up to date.
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One of those 2 are going out the door.

Try a different monitor
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mm i just tested with my 17'inc monitor.. works perfectly fine..
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soryy!

Edited by silencer.dot, 20 November 2006 - 11:12 AM.

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sorry! again!

Edited by silencer.dot, 20 November 2006 - 11:12 AM.

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oops sorry for double post.. it was lag.

Edited by silencer.dot, 20 November 2006 - 11:12 AM.

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dont worry about double posting, I do it myself on accident because I lag sometimes too.

If you CAN, try a different video card or try a different slot on the MOBO.
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its a agp video card. so theres one slot....
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OK.

Try a different one or make sure its SECURELY tight.
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ok. everything is IN place. everything in TACT, everything is secured.. what the [bleep] is wrong.. is it my monitor driver or something
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Hmm... Try reinstalling it.

Sorry this ones a pain in the a** to figure out.
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