Dell P2314Tt User Manual page 38

Common What You
Symptoms Experience
Brightness Picture too dim
Problems or too bright
Screen not
Geometric
centered
Distortion
correctly
Horizontal/ Screen has one
Vertical Lines or more lines
Screen is
Synchronization
scrambled or
Problems
appears torn
Monitor
Intermittent
malfunctions on
Problems
and off
Picture missing
Missing Color
color
38 Troubleshooting
Possible Solutions
• Reset the monitor to factory settings.
• Auto Adjust using OSD.
• Adjust brightness and contrast using the OSD.
• Reset the monitor to factory settings.
• Auto Adjust using OSD.
• Adjust horizontal and vertical positions using
OSD.
• Reset the monitor to factory settings.
• Perform Auto Adjust using OSD.
• Adjust Phase and Pixel Clock using OSD.
• Perform monitor self-test and determine if the
lines appear in the self-test mode.
• Check for bent or broken pins on the
display cable and the ports.
• Run the built-in diagnostics.
• Reset the monitor to factory settings.
• Perform Auto Adjust using OSD.
• Adjust Phase and Pixel Clock using OSD.
• Perform monitor self-test check to determine if
the problem appears in self-test mode.
• Check for bent or broken pins on the
display cable and the ports.
• Restart the computer in safe mode.
Make sure the display cable connecting the
monitor to the computer is connected properly
and is secure.
Reset the monitor to factory settings.
Perform monitor self-test to determine if the
intermittent problem occurs in self-test mode.
• Perform monitor self-test.
• Make sure the display cable connecting the
monitor to the computer is connected properly
and is secure.
• Check for bent or broken pins on the
display cable and the ports.