Display problem Options

[pandy]

My display is wonky and wonkier it gets for each day. Is there a way to find out if it's the screen or the video card that is BSODed? I haven't been able to borrow another screen, which would of course be the easiest way to find out.

It started with short, thin lines showing up in columns where there was a solid or close to solid color. Pure black, pure white and yellow weren't affected.

Now colors are garbled and solid color areas flicker (like the chrome of programs and windows, old Windows gray style).

How the problem manifests itself is affected by the display mode I choose on the screen. In Standard and sRGB mode light lines are rolling down the screen (much as it could look at a badly tuned old fat TV). If I choose Movie or Dynamics the rolling lines go away but colors look like they were designed by Disney.

The problem gets worse if I leave the computer idle. If I'm not working at it I leave a movie on so something happens on the screen.

I haven't made any changes lately, neither to the computer or its environment. Tried to turn speakers off and so on.

No biggie, I was contemplating getting a new screen anyway, so I'm thinking of getting that first, even if it's more expensive. But it's the worst time of the year, shops are jammed full with people, things get sold out and since I don't keep up with hardware it takes me some time to figure out what I want.

WARNING: I really suck at hardware, so you need to talk to me like to a baby.

[Christian J]

Here's one that attaches to a table: https://www.komplett.se/product/836092/dato...ordfaste-mm100#

There are also versions that can hold multiple screens.

[pandy]

Looks quite handy. But it doesn't look like the screen can be placed behind the desk and lower than the desk. But instead of the ordinary rigid stand it must be great. If one can put screws in ones desk...

BTW the stand on my new screen was worth it alone. I just need to touch it and it slides slowly up or down. Very cool. When this screen breaks I'll keep the stand.

[Christian J]

According to the schematic, the actual holder (attached to the center of the screen) can be placed level with the desk, that makes almost half of the screen stay below the desktop. Also it seems to be secured with an ordinary vise, no screws needed.

[pandy]

Ah, in that case it could be something.

[pandy]

Actually, one of the programs I rejected turned out to be what I wanted.

http://www.brianapps.net/sizer/

You put the pointer over a corner or edge of a window and right-click. A menu pops up and you can choose the size you want from a list. You can define your own dimensions. Not as easy as ALT + SPACE X, but not so much trouble either. It also shows you the size of the window when you drag to change its size. Quite handy for HTML purposes. If the program would remember the original size and offer a way to go back to that it would be close to perfect.