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Date:      Thu, 14 Dec 2006 05:42:11 -0800
From:      Renegade Penguin <renegadepenguin@comcast.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Black Lines on my monitor
Message-ID:  <458154B3.60008@comcast.net>
In-Reply-To: <162fb23f0612140431g44dc095bt3a858e75009fddaf@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <162fb23f0612140431g44dc095bt3a858e75009fddaf@mail.gmail.com>

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If it's the video card, it very likely could be a speck of dust across 
some of the traces on any number of chips on the card.  Taking out the 
video card, blowing it off, and re-seating it may help.  A thorough 
cleaning out of the case could help as well.

RP

P Tyrrell wrote:
> Hello - Help
>
> About two weeks ago I noticed that there was a shadow appearing on the
> monitor alond any black type or dark picture - thinking it wasthe 
> monitor I
> swaped it with another and there are still black lines appearing along 
> the
> lines of text.
>
> What can I do to get rid of this?
> Please bear in mind youre talking to a layman not a professional techie.
> thankyou.
>
> Paul



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