# computer monitor issues
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-monitor-issues/365083
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [July 19, 2006, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-monitor-issues/365083 "2006-07-19T00:00:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2006, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-monitor-issues/365083/1 "2006-07-19T00:00:42Z")
I’ve been having a black flickering strip on the right side of my monitor all afternoon. It goes about a quarter of the way across, goes away for a while and sneaks back up on me. I did the windows troubleshooting deal for the monitor but it said it was working properly.
Two things that may or may not have a thing to do with the problem:
I started downloading a few objects (mostly recolors) for my Sims game from MTS2 yesterday so maybe it’s a general graphics issue?
Also, I’ve been dealing with ants over the past few weeks. It’s been several days since I battled them but maybe they got in there somewhere and screwed something up?
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### Author:  [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2006, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-monitor-issues/365083/2 "2006-07-19T01:47:57Z")
Hmm…Nevermind.
It’s the monitor. Luckily I kept my old one; just had to break it out of storage and dust it off. Still wondering why it quit on me though.
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### Author:  [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-monitor-issues/365083/3 "2006-07-19T21:51:32Z")
On some monitors the picture doubles back on it’s self, if the picture is adjusted too far over to a side. You get overlap. Try making the screen image smaller in size or by adjusting it to the left or right.