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Originally Posted by MadInMarin
This is a actual photograph of my monitor during it's last display of the anomalous red lines and dots.
Turning off the monitor for short periods seems to have worked in eliminating the issue, at least for now.
Im not certain whether turning off the monitor allows the video card to idle and thus alleviate any heat or other problems it may be susceptable to. or whether the problem lies solely with the monitor itself
the monitor an Apple Cinema Display is just barely a year old and JUST out of warranty.
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Monitors usually either last 2 years or 10+ it's just how it is.
It's not your video card. Turning your monitor off doesn't effect your VC at all. It runs whether you have a monitor connected or not.
And any display problems that grow worse with time would always be your monitor. Your video card reaches peak temperatures in about 5 minutes. From there it remains the same unless you switch tasks to something more or less intense.
I have a monitor from 1991 =O
It's dark as hell and only displays in 640x480 but it still works, and it was used non-stop until last year. My other old monitor was from '92 and died only about 2 years ago. It went through a VERY extended death. First it would slowly grow too bright. After about 2 years it would be unviewable after about 20 minutes. That's when I junked it.
A little known fact if you want to save some money on your next mac. Macs can mostly use IBM compatible parts. Hard drives, disc drives, even video cards and monitors. They aren't apple approved, but they work and they're waaaay cheaper.
Almost forgot, if you really want to get adventureous when you remove the panel and look on the main board, most monitors have internal settings sometimes a nob, sometimes a screw. There can be between 2 and 16 of them, and they control contrast and brightness. Since you're having a red problem, messing with the contrast and turning all three down a little may help a lot.
Of course it also might make things worse :)
Good luck.