[muglo] Re: Blue line down monitor

On 16-Nov-08, at 12:11 PM, Gerhard Kuhn wrote:

> a bright blue line running from top to bottom of the monitor


Gerhard, I'm sure you have googled this, but one of the replies I saw  
was the following and although it was a long shot, the result was  
good. I take it that since it was purchased used that you aren't/ 
weren't able to get applecare.

> Welcome to Major Geeks!
> It's probably not the driver.... either the video card is bad, or  
> the LCD is bad, and it's probably the LCD. There's also a small  
> chance that the video cable is either loose on either the PC end or  
> the LCD end, or the cable may have been damaged (cats like to chew  
> 'em for some reason). If the PC has on-board video, open the case  
> and remove the 8800 and plug the display into the on-board video. If  
> the line is still there, then we know it's the display. The main way  
> to know if it's the driver (and I can't imagine it is the driver) is  
> to boot in safe mode. If the line is still there, then it's not the  
> driver. If the line is there from the moment you power on the  
> computer, then it can't be a software thing. If you have acces to a  
> 2nd display or monitor, give it a shot.


>> Thanx db for the post...You were correct in the fact that my video  
>> cable had come loose...

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