Joyce, Ann and Phillip,

Thank you for the suggestions. I took my wife's monitor and set it up on my
computer and got the same effect. So it appears that the problem may be with
the video card (?) - at least, it doesn't seem to be the monitor itself
since my wife's monitor works beautifully with her computer.

Thanks again for your help.

Dan Crawford
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joyce E" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Monitor problem


> The first thing I'd look for is a loose connection between the monitor
> and the computer.  Sometimes cables do burn out.
>
> Joyce in southeast Ohio
>
> Dan Crawford wrote:
> > I have an IBM G96 Monitor and I am using Windows 98SE. The monitor was
working perfectly until this morning when I noticed that wherever there was
text on the screens, there were gray lines behind the text extending across
the entire screen. Black text (including the text on taskbars), and even
text I type, is washed out and smeary. The white background is washed out
and grayish. I tried adjusting color and contrast on the monitor to no
effect. Does the monitor have a terminal problem such that I should just get
another one? Are there adjustments to settings I can make that I haven't
thought of? It's been a great monitor - good color, sharp text - now it
justs looks like clothes washer gray. The colors appear to be OK, except
they too appear a bit washed out. I would appreciate any suggestions.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Dan Crawford
> > Gibsonia PA
> >
> >
> >
>
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