ASUS PG279Q Backlight Fails In All But One Section. Fix Possible, or RMA?

Dmw034

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The issue, as stated in the title, occurs roughly once a day. Sometimes multiple times in succession. The only temporary fix to turn the backlight on across the monitor is to turn off the monitor and back on, or something that refreshes the entire screen (such as updating graphics card). Even turning the monitor off and back on doesn't always work, as the issue would persist, so I'd have to do it multiple times before the backlight comes back on everywhere. Look at the pictures to see precisely what it looks like when the issue comes up.

Could there be a software bug causing this, or a possible fix, or is this definitely an RMA?

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