{"id":5009,"date":"2020-04-25T01:24:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T01:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/notsealed.com\/?p=5009"},"modified":"2023-07-25T12:31:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T12:31:50","slug":"how-to-fix-monitor-ghosting-lines-and-artefacts-dell-lcd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/notsealed.com\/how-to-fix-monitor-ghosting-lines-and-artefacts-dell-lcd.html","title":{"rendered":"How to Fix Monitor Ghosting, Lines, and Artefacts on a Dell LCD."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
One of my clients recently came to me with an interesting problem. Their Dell computer monitor had ghosting images, strange lines, purple areas, and blurry text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I initially thought it was a bad monitor. This had been ruled out with the client using a spare LCD screen to check. So an update of all the display drivers was done in order to check that there was no corruption caused by old computer drivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The computer monitor ghosting problem was still there. This problem was very noticeable on a black background. Computer icons would show up in the top left corner of the black screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Monitor ghosting is an incorrect image on the screen. It can be a corruption artifact or a delay in the refresh of the image. Often ghosting can be fixed by a software update or by moving an offending electron magnetic field further away from the LCD monitor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Often it is an image that was previously displayed that continues to remain on the screen even though part of the display has changed. As a result, you will have two images, one is an old ghost. Luckily ghosting images can be fixed easily. So don’t throw away your monitor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can make a ghosting image by placing a strong magnet close to an LCD screen, it will make the colors go funny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n