That is a sure start to your monitor starting to pack up.
Regards, Jim
Try the monitor with a lower resolution, and with only 16bit colour, that might make it last a bit longer.
I have this 1" line down the screen. If you have white screen (like word doc open) it is pink. Does this mean that my monitor is going or the my video card is going?

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