Some LCD monitors have a 3yr warranty. If it was a CRT I could have suggested some things to check. I stopped repairing electronics before LCD's came out so I don't know about them. If it does turn out to be the integrated video, you can disable that and use a card. But you can always just try the Planar and see if it goes away then you'll know. Did this just start recently, maybe after you moved some things around? >Hope all is well with you, Clint. (Some "ok" days and some not so good. ;-) -Clint God Bless, Clint Hamilton, Owner www.OrpheusComputing.com www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com www.OrpheusComputing.com/cheap_reliable_web_hosting.html www.OrpheusComputing.com/PCworks-computer-help-email-list.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vern" It is an LCD, only two years old. I don't have a video card. Computer is a cheap Dell that is about a year old. I'm sure it has onboard video. I have an old 17 inch LCD monitor I can use in an emergency. It is a Planar. I expected the Acer to be a better monitor but I guess this one isn't. LOL Hope all is well with you, Clint. Vern On 4/28/2011 9:33 PM, Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin wrote: > Sure, it's not like it's going to get any better. ;-) > > Is this a CRT or LCD monitor? > > Video card problems can cause some oddball things to appear > on > a monitor's screen, so keep that in mind. I had the video > RAM > on my video card go bad a while back and while it did not > have > that exact problem, it did do other "odd" things. You should > probably try and swap a monitor now just to be sure the > problem > goes away. That way you'll know for sure if it's the > monitor. > -Clint > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Vern" > > I have an Acer 22 inch monitor that might be 2 years old. > There > is a > shadow to the right of everything that appears on the screen. > > Have had this for at least a month. > > Should I be looking for a new monitor? Will this be > gradually > getting > worse? > > Vern > ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts. -zxdjhu-