Paul M Foster wrote:
> Folks:
>
> This is a shot in the dark, but I'll try anyway.
>
> My wife's ViewSonic VP series (professional, flat panel) monitor died
> over the weekend, so we went and picked up a ViewSonic VX922 monitor
> (also flat panel) so she could continue working. Since we do print work,
> the trueness of monitor color is important. The VP monitor was expensive
> and featured its own color calibration built in. For the VX922, we had
> to buy color calibration software. (All this is while we await the old
> monitor's repair by ViewSonic.) Both monitors feature a DVI interface.
>
> The problem is this: either when the monitor was hooked up, or after it
> was calibrated (we don't recall), on certain solid backgrounds, it has
> "scintillations"-- little flashing pixels in random patterns over a
> small area. Almost like TV static, but not quite so extensive. The color
> of the background on which this will appear is not consistent (not
> always blue or black or white or whatever). It's more annoying than
> anything else, but it still shouldn't be happening.
>
> Does anyone know enough about color calibration software or video
> hardware to say whether this is a hardware or software issue? And if so,
> what's the cause?
>
> Paul
>
Shot in the dark here as well...
1. Are your "scintillations" isolated to a specific area on the monitor?
2. Do they disappear in different applications? (I have seen similar
problems with video ram corruption playing games, mostly due to
overclocking)
3. Can you isolate by trying to replicate the problem on another computer?
4. I'm sure the monitor has dual inputs, can you try the other?
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