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| Troubleshooting
Common
Symptoms
What You
Experience
Possible Solutions
Safety Related
Issues
Visible signs of
smoke or sparks
• Do not perform any troubleshooting steps.
• Contact Dell immediately.
Intermittent
Problems
Monitor
malfunctions on
& off
• Ensure that the video cable connecting the
monitor to the computer is connected properly
and is secure.
• Reset the monitor to factory settings.
• Perform monitor self-test feature check to
determine if the intermittent problem occurs in
self-test mode.
Missing Color
Picture missing
color
• Perform monitor self-test.
• Ensure that the video cable connecting the
monitor to the computer is connected properly
and is secure.
• Check for bent or broken pins in the video cable
connector.
Wrong Color
Picture color
not good
• Try different
Preset Modes
in
Color
settings
OSD. Adjust
R/G/B
value in
Custom Color
in
Color
settings OSD.
• Change the
Input Color Format
to
RGB
or
YCbCr
in the
Color
settings OSD.
• Run the built-in diagnostics.
Image retention
from a static
image left on
the monitor for
a long period of
time
Faint shadow
from the static
image displayed
appears on the
screen
• Set the screen to turn off after a few minutes
of screen idle time. These can be adjusted in
Windows Power Options or Mac Energy Saver
setting.
• Alternatively, use a dynamically changing
screensaver.
