lines on Dell E173FPb

[relkin67]

I have lines on my Dell E173FPb (see picture). Not a deal breaker but annoying. Anyone have an idea what may be causing this? I haven't opened the case yet because that's a complete pain - hoping someone might have some pointers before I resort to a teardown.

[Bobdee]

Re: lines on Dell E173FPb

I have lines on my Dell E173FPb (see picture). Not a deal breaker but annoying. Anyone have an idea what may be causing this? I haven't opened the case yet because that's a complete pain - hoping someone might have some pointers before I resort to a teardown.

have you tried it out on another computer with different VGA cable (If thats a option)
If it was mine I would leave it alone, as it is minor problem if you do open it up then clean LCD connection and try it but chances are you are going to have to recap it at the very least and thats a much bigger pain than opening it up

[relkin67]

Re: lines on Dell E173FPb

have you tried it out on another computer with different VGA cable (If thats a option)

Thanks for the reply. I've swapped cables, video cards and computers and it's definitely a problem with the monitor. I certainly can live with it as-is but I'm concerned that it's a symptom of a failing IC or transistor that soon will completely fail. I'd rather fix it when I have scheduled downtime than have it break in the middle of something.