After having a monitor problem (detailed here: http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?p=2126251#post2126251) then the same problem reoccur after a few days in the replacement they sent out, I am dying to find the cause of this. Is there any way a video card can damage an LCD monitor it is connected to? Note that the damage didn't cause the monitor to stop functioning but caused an image problem. I have searched as much as I can without finding much conclusive information. I have always worried that my card, a Radeon 9600 Pro, is too hot for the passive cooling solution it came with. Has it ever been known for an overheating video card to somehow output a signal that would cause a monitor to develop a heat-related problem over time?
not that i could imagine. i read your other thread. knowing dell and having seen them do this, i'd bet you a pretty penny that they just "fixed" your old unit and sent it back to you.
Actually they sent a replacement to swap with my old monitor in real-time so it can't possibly have been the same monitor as I had both in my hand at one time.
I can hardly imagine that a second monitor would give up in such a short time because of the graphic card.
IIRC, when you get a replacement of any sort aren't the company in question legally obliged to give 6 months warranty. I know that when my old laptop was playing up (CD drive consistently stopped working after 3 months after being fixed) i had 6 months if the problem showed up again, which it did for over a year and a half until they decided just to give me a new one.
McLovin, not sure about the laws but Dell have insisted they'll replace it again. I was just eager to know if my graphics card is causing it since 2 separate monitors developed the same fault when connected to it. Wouldn't be much point replacing it for the new one to go the same way. Kyocera - aye, I never imagined it either and nor can I find much about it on Google... maybe I'll get another replacement then see if the third one has the fault it'll further reduce the likelihood that it's a coincidence.
To damage the monitor in such a manner in such a short time, the image would have to be unwatchable; at least. A GPU is just providing signal; even if a "bad girl" GPU would advice in the signal to overpower a certain area, a monitor with a circuit that enables such a thing belongs on a garbage heap.
To throw a bit of speculative wood on the fire, a few thoughts I have: Could it be anything at all to do with the monitor being used as a USB hub? Is it possible that the "kettle lead" power supply is causing this? I'm not sure it's the original one from the box but I thought they were completely universal anyway. What about the DVI cable? Is there anything about a bad cable that could cause this? Again, I presumed what Kyocera has said but would really hope to avoid a third monitor going the same way. It's a Dell UltraSharp 2007WFP and I have a friend who has had an identical model for the same time as me without such issues.
Kettle leads aren't exactly universal. I mean they are, but theres the fuse inside them. So if your using a high current fuse, and your getting power spikes or something thats causing problems to the monitor. With the higher rated fuse, it may not blow and protect the monitor. I may be talking garbage, but its something worth checking.
This is (legally) absolutely not the case. This would mean that if you had a 1 year warranty on a product, and it failed 1 day before the warranty ran out, you would then receive an extension on that warranty, which is not the case.
AFAIK the 6 month thing is a gesture of goodwill, some places give you 3 months instead, and then some give you nothing.
In the case of Dell (at least, for their Ultra Sharp range) they replaced my monitor even though I was already 1 day over the warranty. This replacement they also will replace, no quibble, for 90 days from the day you receive it.
