Screen trim/chop ...

[DILLIGAF]

Hi all ! Occasionally when l start my PC , l can see a ribbon of color , about 2 mm wide, on the whole height of my screen, sometimes on the left side other times on the right. Didn't take long to notice that it is an actual slice of the center of the screen being cut and moved to the outer edge of the monitor . Has anyone else encountered this oddity and found the reason and "cure" for it ? I have to reboot to get things back to normal.
I took screenshots of the anomaly but it does not show in the pic. Weird or What ?

 

[the54thvoid]

Hi all ! Occasionally when l start my PC , l can see a ribbon of color , about 2 mm wide, on the whole height of my screen, sometimes on the left side other times on the right. Didn't take long to notice that it is an actual slice of the center of the screen being cut and moved to the outer edge of the monitor . Has anyone else encountered this oddity and found the reason and "cure" for it ? I have to reboot to get things back to normal.
I took screenshots of the anomaly but it does not show in the pic. Weird or What ?

Have a read at these trouble shooting options to at least try to identify where the cause is:

http://smallbusiness.chron.com/fix-vertical-lines-computer-screen-70710.html

1. Power down the computer and unplug all peripherals. If you are using a laptop, take its battery out by flipping it upside down and sliding the battery release latch. Press and hold the power button for 15 or 20 seconds to clear all residual power from the system. Some of the computer’s power might have been transmitting to the monitor, causing it to short out. Reconnect everything and turn the system back on to see if the lines are gone.

2. Unplug the monitor from the back of the computer and wait a few seconds until it displays a message “No signal.” If the no signal message also has vertical lines, you know the problem is in the monitor and not in your computer. Press the “Menu” button on the screen and then use the other buttons to browse for a “Factory Settings” mode. Select this mode to reset the monitor to its original settings. If the lines persist, the monitor may have been dropped or exposed to a magnet -- which can’t be fixed.

3. Reconnect and turn the computer back on. Look for the lines at boot up: if you see lines before Windows loads, the problem is either with the video card, the video connection cable -- whether HDMI or VGA -- or the monitor itself. If the lines only appear in Windows, the problem is a Windows setting -- most likely the refresh rate. Right-click on the Desktop once Windows loads and choose “Screen Resolution.” Click “Advanced Settings,” “Monitor,” and then lower the refresh rate to see if the lines disappear.

 

[DILLIGAF]

Thanks , for reply . The article mentioned talks about vertical lines - l don't have that issue , but , the center of my screen is being chopped , cut and placed (occasionally ) to the sides of the monitor... and l don't have to go through all those procedures to fix it - just a reboot and is back to the way it should be .