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June 14th, 2005 11:00

1901FP Ultra Sharp getting darker?

Hello.....I have a 2 year old 1901FP ultra sharp that has been getting darker and darker the last 2 months. I have tried to adjust, set back to factory settings, ect, to no avail. It is at least 30% darker than before, even though I have the brightness at 100.  I am using the DVI cable.  Is the LCD going bad, or maybe video card?  Any help would be appreciated........thanks!
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    Posted June 15th, 2005 13:00

    Backlights are usually the first thing to fail on an LCD panel, and even with a long service life certain factors can cause it to die quicker...including running it at full brite all the time.
     
    Have you tried adjusting gamma and brightness on your graphics adapter's drivers?  Usually you can hit the advanced button on the Display Properties screen and fiddle with color/gamma/brightness there. 
     
    This would likely be a temporary solution.  If your flourescent backlight is slowly dying, it'll eventually stop all together. 
     
    If you disconnect the signal cable from the back of the FP and turn it on...how does the brightness look on the floating self test box?

    Message Edited by LCD_Ninja on 06-15-2005 09:03 AM

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    Hoss007

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    Posted June 15th, 2005 16:00

    Thanks for the reply.......the test box looks okay.....and I will try the adjustments you recommended, but I think the backlight is going. I ran the brightness at 85% for the 2 years I had the LCD.....bumped it up to 100%, to see if it would get brighter. I hope 85 was not to high.....well, thanks again for the reply. 

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