Black Line in middle of screen

We have had the Dell monitor for almost 4 years and this morning it started showing a dark grey line in the middle of the screen that goes about 3/4 way up the page from the bottom. Any suggestions?

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Are you able to test this monitor on another pc? This will allow us to eliminate or identify as problem with the graphics card. With the monitor itself, these lines could indicate screen damage - has the screen been dropped or accidentally hit with a pen etc.. ?

Posted on Aug 21, 2007

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