Question Asus VS248HR slight backlight flicker on grey-ish backgrounds

[Deleted member 2724363]

I've been looking for a way to fix this all day yesterday and I'm honestly out of ideas on what could be causing this. The issue is whenever I'm on darker backgrounds it has this slight flicker that isn't too in your face, but it wears out my eyes rather quickly. The confusing part here is that when I set the brightness/contrast to certain numbers, the flicker instantly stops. If I would set the numbers in the Nvidia control panel to 50% on brightness and 35% on contrast, the flicker would be very visible. Another confusing thing is when on the ASUS logo when starting up the monitor, the black looks super solid and there's not a hint of flicker. Sometimes when I change the RGB colors through the OSD it would start up again.

This monitor had mostly good reviews on it and the only 1-2 star reviews were complaining about dead pixels and such, but nothing about this issue at all.

I've tried a different HDMI cable and I've tried a different power outlet. My gpu is an MSI gtx 960 4 gb if that matters. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Woohoopy]

Is this for all greyish background? I have this problem with certain applications (dark themed spotify) but not static colors (i.e. a simple image of a grey background). Perhaps test it with a full screen paint image of a grey background and let me know if the flickering persists.

If you have "nightlight" or "flux" enabled, resetting those might help. Also if you have more than 1 monitor, resetting the multi-monitor configuration can help with flickering.

Keep me updated.

 

[Deleted member 2724363]

Still flickers in paint. I don't have Spotify on my pc but I know what type of color you're talking about, and that's the shade I notice the flicker on the most. Setting my background to the "Storm" solid color also makes any flicker quite visible. If I would set the contrast anywhere from 80-100 at 100% brightness, it flickers. If I would set the contrast at exactly 77 using the game mode preset, the flicker completely disappears. I'm fine with having it set to that number permanently but my main concern is that the monitor is slowly dying.

 

[Woohoopy]

That is interesting I am not sure what the cause is. I also have this problem on an HP All-in-one that is hooked up to a second monitor, and I was able to deduce that the increased GPU strain of the second monitor was causing the screen to flicker on the first default display.

I would try plugging in your monitor into its own outlet to try to maximize available power. I would also try updating your display driver (nvidia or amd or intel integrated) and updating Windows to the latest version.

If none of those things work I would keep the contrast at 77 and send the manufacturer an email in case they offer replacements or maintenance advice.