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So I bought a Dasung e-ink monitor, the 13.3 inch one, off Amazon and hooked it up. It took some fiddling but I got the display working. It isn't helping and I am still getting eye strain and facial muscle pain
So that rules out backlight (since the screen has no backlight), refresh rate (since the screen has no refresh rate) colors (since the screen has no colors). But SOMETHING about the Windows 10 desktop compositor that is independent of all those things is still triggering me. When I turn the display off and it puts the product logo on the screen, the screen gives me no problems. Which 100% proves it is Windows 10 itself causing the issue and not any hardware. So this is going back to Amazon
I ordered a new desktop video card, a BenQ GW2480T 24 inch Monitor, and a Display Port cable. This will give me a new graphics card with Display Port out and a direct Display Port run all the way to the screen. If that doesn't work I will gradually move up the BenQ product line.
I am thinking it could be a super long shot that I am using a very old Pre Win10 ever being released video card and maybe it is doing something weird. But all evidence seems to point to the issue being software based with the operating system.