IBM P97 Symptom, is visible, Check these items, Picture is ghosting, Color is not uniform, shadows at the edges, appears on the screen), White does not look white

Symptom	Check these items
Picture is ghosting	•	Eliminate the use of video cable extensions and/or video switch boxes.
	•	Check that all plugs are firmly seated in their sockets.

Picture is not centered or sized properly

•Set the AUTO () function to OK (on) in the SIZE/CENTER menu (page 8).

•Adjust the size or centering (page 8). Note that with some input signals and/or graphics boards the periphery of the screen is not fully utilized.

Edges of the image are curved		• Adjust the geometry (page 9).
Wavy or elliptical pattern (moire)		• Adjust the degree of moire cancellation until the moire is minimal (page 10).
is visible		xProblems caused by the connected computer or other equipment

		• Change your desktop pattern.

Color is not uniform		• Degauss the monitor* (page 10). If you place equipment that generates a magnetic field,
		such as a speaker, near the monitor, or if you change the direction the monitor faces, color
		may lose uniformity.

White does not look white		• Adjust the color temperature (page 10).

Letters and lines show red or blue		• Adjust the convergence (page 9).
shadows at the edges

Monitor buttons do not operate		• If the control lock is set to ON, set it to OFF (page 12).
(	appears on the screen)

A hum is heard right after the power is turned on

•This is the sound of the auto-degauss cycle. When the power is turned on, the monitor is automatically degaussed for a few seconds.

*If a second degauss cycle is needed, allow a minimum interval of 20 minutes for the best result. A humming noise may be heard, but this is not a malfunction.