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well what would you know, turns out it was to do with my power lead. &nbsp;I unplugged it and plugged it into a different socket... and now it works fine. &nbsp;Baffled!<br />
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But thanks anyway, I split the points. 
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well what would you know, turns out it was to do with my power lead.  I unplugged it and plugged it into a different socket... and now it works fine.  Baffled!

But thanks anyway, I split the points.

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&quot;ghosts in the machine&quot;...good thing you checked your cabling.<br />
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Thank you!
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"ghosts in the machine"...good thing you checked your cabling.

Thank you!

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That *is* amazing... &nbsp;thanks for the feedback, I'll store that gem for future reference! :)
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That *is* amazing...  thanks for the feedback, I'll store that gem for future reference! :)

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I just got back from holiday/vacation and switched on all my PC equipment. &nbsp;When I boot up however, the monitor doesnt display correctly. &nbsp;About two thirds down the screen I get this horiztonal line that runs from left to right, across the screen and then everything underneath this line is just one big smear of the line above that. &nbsp;So I can't see anything that is displayed in the lower third of my screen. &nbsp;<br />
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Is the hardware faulty or is there something I can do to fix the problem? <br />
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It worked fine before i went away for a week... it just seems a strange co-incidence that it doesnt work the first time I switch it on after it hasnt been used for a while. 
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I just got back from holiday/vacation and switched on all my PC equipment.  When I boot up however, the monitor doesnt display correctly.  About two thirds down the screen I get this horiztonal line that runs from left to right, across the screen and then everything underneath this line is just one big smear of the line above that.  So I can't see anything that is displayed in the lower third of my screen.  

Is the hardware faulty or is there something I can do to fix the problem? 

It worked fine before i went away for a week... it just seems a strange co-incidence that it doesnt work the first time I switch it on after it hasnt been used for a while. 

19&quot; TFT Monitor Smearing

Hardware includes cell phones and other digital living devices, tablets, computers, servers, peripherals and components, printers and scanners, gaming consoles, networking hardware such as routers, hubs, switches and modems, storage devices and security equipment such as firewalls and other appliances.

Hardware

A monitor or a display is an electronic visual display for computers, usually comprised of the display device, circuitry, casing, and power supply. The display device in modern monitors is typically a thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) thin panel, while older monitors used a cathode ray tube (CRT) about as deep as the screen size. They are connected to the computer via VGA, DVI, DisplayPort, Thunderbolt, LVDS or other proprietary connectors and signals.

19&quot; TFT Monitor Smearing

19" TFT Monitor Smearing