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Does my Samsung 244T have a driver issue or is defective?

by Draigcoch Jul 9, 2007 10:53PM PDT

Purchased the Samsung 244T recently and hooked it up two nights ago to my new rig. It was running fine for about 90 minutes and then all of a sudden the video became very distorted like the pixels were mass merging together. Nothing was readable and the only thing viewable was color patterns. It was almost as if you had an old television and would smack the side of it if the picture started going crazy. I am trying to figure out though if it is a possible driver or overheat issue because it?s defective.

I do know that it isn't the video card because I have different monitor hooked up and working fine. I am currently using an Nvidia 8800 with DVI. I was reading somewhere though there might be a incompatibility issue between some 3rd party software that comes with the monitor and the video card but never seen it do what I am witnessing at the moment.

System Info
Case: Antec 900
Power Supply: OCZ 700W
Processor: E6600 2.4G w/ Fan
Memory: Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C4 1Gx2
Video: EVGA 8800 GTS 640
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1
Motherboard: ASUS P5B Deluxe
Hard Drive: Seagate 500G 7200RPM 16M
Speakers/Headphones: Whatever works at the time
Monitor: Samsung 24? 244T-BK LCD Widescreen
OS: XP Pro

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Same prob!
by keith.chan Aug 11, 2007 9:23AM PDT

I just received my 244T and am experiencing the same problem. I suspect it is an overheating issue. Did you ever determine the actual cause of the problem? Did you return it for a replacement?

Thanx

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Yep
by Draigcoch Aug 12, 2007 8:51PM PDT

I contacted Samsung which was a very pleasent experiance. They have you go through some checks (video card, DVI cable, etc) before they process your order. They will either ship you a new monitor w/ stand straight to your house (placing a deposit on your credit card) or you can have them send it to an UPS store for replacement, which I did. The new monitor came within 5 days and has been working very well since arriving. Hope all goes well for you but make sure you give them a call.

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Excellent!
by keith.chan Aug 12, 2007 10:37PM PDT

Thanks for your reply.

I tried the monitor with another PC and same result.

Well I ordered mine from Amazon and am still within my 30 days so I don't need to utilize Samsung's warranty as yet. I'm going to return it for an exchange. I'll let you know how it goes...

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Replacement works!
by keith.chan Aug 25, 2007 8:20AM PDT

Got my replacement monitor earlier in the week but just hooked it up and it worked right out of the box! Re-installed driver anyway.

My Radeon X1400 graphics adapter is not supported by the MagicTune software but I MagicRotation does work!

Yet to play some DVDs but so far impressed...

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