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My monitor makes small black dots

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by mattym123, Oct 11, 2006.

  1. mattym123

    mattym123 Regular member

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    Help, About 3 months i was playing on my PC when my monitor started to get small black dots in it,it still gets then in it, so i refreshed it and they go away but then they back about 1 minute later, can anyone plz help me and tell me how to get rid of them for good. thankyou
     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    try another monitor to see if does same or not as most likely is videocard is causing the dots. clean any dust off the card & make certain card fan is spinning if it has 1.
     
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    are the dots left when you move/delete files and icons or do they appear at random?
     
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    the small dots appear at random for example when i am watching a video they will slowly be created
     
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    is the videocard that is causing the problem.
     
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