I have several VG150 LCD monitors (model VLCDS21457-1), and all developed a problem just before the warranties expired. On a DOS screen, I noticed that the bottom 1/4 of the monitor screen was "lost", or appeared blank. Hitting the return key on the keyboard would scroll the screen upward to show the missing information. When the computer would first boot (on the BIOS info screen), if a line of text landed at the right spot on the screen, it would appear that the line would "echo" and repeat part of the tops of the characters in the line all the way to the bottom of the screen. And, somertimes on power-up, the screen would not auto-size and would appear larger and out of proportion. A power-off/power-on cycle would sometimes fix it. When Windows loads the screen appears okay.
All of the monitors were returned for warranty service to Viewsonic. Now two of the monitors are again exhibiting the same symptoms.
I wonder if the problem might be bad caps around the D/A converter as was suggested by someone who'd serviced similar monitors (but not this model)? Since the problem seems to appear only on DOS screens, could the monitor just have a problem displaying particular sync frequencies and not others?
Design flaw, or components that commonly fail? And if there are commonly-failing components, what do I look for?
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