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46 | Troubleshooting

Common

Symptoms

What You

Experience

Possible Solutions

Intermittent
Problems

Monitor
malfunctions on
& off

• Ensure that the video cable connecting the

monitor to the computer is connected properly
and is secure.

• Reset the monitor to factory settings.
• Perform monitor self-test feature check to

determine if the intermittent problem occurs in
self-test mode.

Missing Color

Picture missing
color

• Perform monitor self-test.
• Ensure that the video cable connecting the

monitor to the computer is connected properly
and is secure.

• Check for bent or broken pins in the video cable

connector.

Wrong Color

Picture color
not good

• Change the settings of the Preset Modes in the

Color menu OSD depending on the application.

• Adjust R/G/B value under Custom. Color in Color

menu OSD.

• Change the Input Color Format to PC RGB or

YPbPr in the Color menu OSD.

• Run the built-in diagnostics.

Image retention
from a static
image left on
the monitor for
a long period of
time

Faint shadow
from the static
image displayed
appears on the
screen

• Use the Power Management

feature to turn off

the monitor at all times when not in use (for more
information, see

Power Management Modes

).

• Alternatively, use a dynamically changing

screensaver.