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Q&A: Why does my monitor take so long to display a picture?

Posted on February 22, 2022

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Question from Janie: I have an Asus VW266 27″ LCD monitor that I’ve had for several years. I’d really like to keep it because my late father gave it to me before he passed away, but I’ve started having problems with it.

About a month ago it started taking a minute or two for anything to be displayed on the screen after I turned it on.

The screen would just stay black for a couple of minutes, then display the picture.

These past few days it’s taking longer still for the picture to show. The screen stayed black for about 20 minutes this morning. [Read more…]

Q&A: How can I “flip” the contents of my screen 90 degrees?

Posted on September 13, 2017

Question from Tammy G.: Hi Rick. I have a problem that I need your help with, and it just might be one you’ve never seen before.

In order to display more of my Facebook news feed without having to scroll so much, I asked my husband to build a stand for my 23″ wide screen monitor that allows me to use it on its side in a portrait orientation.

The problem is the screen contents are now laying on their side to where you have to turn your head sideways to read it. This image shows what I’m talking about: [Read more…]