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Samsung monitor display going dark on the side and flickers

David Jovanovic — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 14:22:44 GMT

When I turn on my Samsung monitor, the side to the left on the display goes darker and darker in color black, basically looking like a tinted window. I unplugged the HDMI as well as the other connection cable of the monitor and out of the PC, the dark tinted looking side of the screen flickers a couple of times, and mostly goes away around 10-15 minutes after the start. Monitor: Samsung Odyssey G3 144Hz. Please help!

Re: Samsung monitor display going dark on the side and flickers

vialli100 — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 14:50:34 GMT

Sounds like your backlights are going bad..
Could just be intermittent, but if it still has a warranty, get it checked.
It shouldn't do that anyway..

Re: Samsung monitor display going dark on the side and flickers

David Jovanovic — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 15:24:58 GMT

Thanks for replying, since the monitor was ordered online like 2 years ago by the person that custom made my PC, and there isn’t any authorized Samsung seller nowhere close in my area do you think that it could be checked by someone, and would it be expensive? Greetings!

Re: Samsung monitor display going dark on the side and flickers

vialli100 — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 15:28:34 GMT

Get in touch with the person who built your PC.
If I build a PC for someone, I always sort out any problems with hardware suppliers. As I did a few years ago with an Asus monitor..

Re: Samsung monitor display going dark on the side and flickers

David Jovanovic — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 15:32:17 GMT

One more thing, that “blackout or tint” screen is appearing on the left side from the taskbar to the top and it isn’t crazy in size like 1/2 of the monitor its more like 1/4 approximately. And also further u go to the monitors left side edge it gets darker. You can still see thru the Furthest dark point but very poorly. Thank You once again for helping!

Re: Re: Samsung monitor display going dark on the side and flickers

vialli100 — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 15:41:33 GMT

It definitely sounds like a backlight failing or a loose connection.
Your monitor probably has edge backlights. If so they could maybe be all around the edge..

Re: Samsung monitor display going dark on the side and flickers

TechZilla — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 17:16:51 GMT

It sounds like as the monitor heats up something inside expands a little like a dry solder joint and then the screen starts working.