-- Posted by Ayien at 9:27 pm on Oct. 24, 2006 Right, I have a 17" CRT Gateway EV730 monitor. Recently I've noticed a few horizontal lines near the very top. I looked closer and the top half inch or so is completly blac.   Under that black area for about 1-2 inches down has those lines. I notice that those lines seem to reflect images. I can press with medium pressure on the left side-midde- top of the monitor and this all goes away. I let go of the monitor and it returns to its screwed up state. Any ideas as to what it is? Thanks. -- Posted by Aurelius at 9:29 pm on Oct. 24, 2006 My Gateway flatscreen died after about 2 years of use, piece of shit. -- Posted by Ayien at 9:31 pm on Oct. 24, 2006 Quote: from Aurelius at 9:29 pm on Oct. 24, 2006 My Gateway flatscreen died after about 2 years of use, piece of shit. I know man. Gateway blows ass. It took those bastards 5 months to send me a new monitor (the one currently dying) after the first one died! -- Posted by Roy at 9:38 pm on Oct. 24, 2006 Almost sounds like what happened to my laptop a few times. If that's the case, the LCD is cracked. -- Posted by Ayien at 9:41 pm on Oct. 24, 2006 Quote: from Roy at 9:38 pm on Oct. 24, 2006 Almost sounds like what happened to my laptop a few times.   If that's the case, the LCD is cracked. Um, I have a CRT screen dude. Its not a flat screen. Its a TFT display for one thing. Second of all, not a laptop. On top of that a cracked screen would not cause vertical sync problems -- Posted by Macropiper at 10:24 pm on Oct. 24, 2006 Sounds to me like the monitor is breaking, and as it is a CRT, it is not worth fixing, if fixing it is even possible. I think its time to buy a nice new TFT screen, they are coming down in price quite nicely, you can now pick up a 17 inch one for quite a reasonable price, and they use less than a quarter of the power (and desk space) of CRT screens. -- Posted by Ayien at 11:15 pm on Oct. 24, 2006 Quote: from Tangaroa at 10:24 pm on Oct. 24, 2006 Sounds to me like the monitor is breaking, and as it is a CRT, it is not worth fixing, if fixing it is even possible. I think its time to buy a nice new TFT screen, they are coming down in price quite nicely, you can now pick up a 17 inch one for quite a reasonable price, and they use less than a quarter of the power (and desk space) of CRT screens. I know. I was planning on getting a Flat Screen actually. However I decided to upgrade other components of my computer: video card, sound card, motherboard amongst other things. My other monitor died, so I was forced to use this one with the wired screen. I think it could just be a loose wire in all efforts it may be worth repairing if it is something so simplistic. Problem is...finding someone who will analyze the problem for free.