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I'm sorry, you phrased that some what confusingly.... Are you saying that most 2007 A03 you tested flicker on the left third of the screen, or that only a few did, and most of the 30 you tested did NOT flicker? For what it's worth my new S-IPS does flicker on the left third with that image....

No one has any advice? :(

Hey all, I was hoping I could get some advice on which sound card I should get. I just got a new Dell with an X2 4400+ processor, 2gb RAM, integrated 7.1 sound, and Windows Vista 32bit Home Premium. I'm keeping my old BA (Boston Acoustics) 7500G 2.1 speakers that came with my old Gateway...

Cool. Just so I'm clear, you're taking about the Usage stats that are displayed in the same menu where one can find the panel code, correct? Right below it is an option to reset the timer, so I figured that's what they did. If they don't usually do that, then cool, I guess mine was barely used...

Yeah, I did, but I think they reset it. It was only at like 1 hour when I checked and I presume that's from me using it.

Should I care at all that it's a refurb? Are the refurbs from Dell usually okay? I just feel silly paying the full new price and yet ending up with a refurb.

I ordered a monitor, received it Monday, and it was a PVA, with no dead pixels or backlight bleeding though. It was way bright thought. Ordered a replacement, and they overnighted it, and I recieved it today. It's an S-IPS this time! Both are Jan 2007 made in Mexico. I think the...