Strange burn marks on monitors :(

[MARK ANXIOUS]

OK I've got some lovely 19 inch flat screens that I bought on Amazon, but ever since I reformated, they seem to be having problems.

When you leave a program up, after a while the gui 'burns' a mark on the screen. When you shut the program down it leaves shitty marks everywhere. I've got a Matrox g550 card.

Does anyone know what this might be? Or what is causing it?

[Barely Human]

Is this happening to both screens? As far as i know, TFT screens cannot be "burnt" like old CRT monitors, so i would be looking towards the GFX card and drivers.

[MARK ANXIOUS]

thank you mate i will try and update the drivers and let you know what happens!

[dan the acid man]

yeah sounds like a driver issue, or maybe your graphic settings aren't set up the way you used to have them

[mr.big.g]

also try fiddling with the refresh rate of your monitor!

(found in GFX options, or by right clicking on desktop, proerties / settings)

this is a common problem while playing games that have a different / unsupported refresh rate to the hardware its being played on, so it could be some dicrepency with the software settings!

also try the settings physically on the monitors.

Good Luck!

[TechMouse]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphor_burn-in

LCD-type displays can exhibit a similar phenomenon, which is sometimes confused with screen burn but is generally temporary.

[MARK ANXIOUS]

thanks bud, yeah but that links is for crt's. ok, i'm downloading the drivers now and gonna check in like 30 minutes heheeh

[TechMouse]

thanks bud, yeah but that links is for crt's

Yes, but it does mention about LCDs, which is the bit I highlighted.

In a nutshell, it does happen but it's rarely permanent.

It's more of a problem with plasma screens.