desktop screen screwed up

Krypto44Krypto44 westport
edited June 2006 in Science & Tech
When i turn on my computer and get to the part where i need to enter my password, the color is screwed up. Everything seems to bit a bit bluer?

My start menu button is orange instead of green.
:birthday: Happy birthday shows in Yellow, black, and blue.

I went to my monitor buttons and everything seems to be ok, i put it to default settings and everything is still funny colored.


Any ideas?

Comments

  • gibbonslgibbonsl Grand Forks AFB
    edited June 2006
    tryed reloading the vid card drivers?
  • Krypto44Krypto44 westport
    edited June 2006
    i reloaded it and looked for updates with no luck.

    Could the Monitor have lived its days? its a 5 year old CRT screen
  • EssoEsso Stockholm, Sweden
    edited June 2006
    It is either an practical joke or a virus of some kind.

    After reading about "green chair", I'm ready to believe in anything :crazy:

    Have you scanned your computer ?
  • Krypto44Krypto44 westport
    edited June 2006
    hmmm.... i'll run a few scans now
  • tmh88tmh88 Pittsburgh / Athens, OH
    edited June 2006
    maybe try another monitor?
  • Krypto44Krypto44 westport
    edited June 2006
    Hmmm... dont really have a spare one lying around O.o

    Is there some sort of test that can be run?
  • Krypto44Krypto44 westport
    edited June 2006
    Not sure if this helps, but i have a X800gt and a dell M991 monitor
  • deicistdeicist Manchester, UK
    edited June 2006
    Sounds like one of the colour channels on your monitor is screwed. From what you've said I think your monitor isn't recievieng the red colour information. The most likely culpit for this (in my experience) is the cable. Check the plug on your video card cable, are any pins bent or damaged? If so, that's your culprit.
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited June 2006
    Yeah, if the cable starts falling out you'll normally get some quite trippy effects. Try hitting the monitor too, normally works.
  • Krypto44Krypto44 westport
    edited June 2006
    i removed the cord, waited a bit, blew on it, put it back in and...

    it worked!


    Everything is fine now, thanks :p
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited June 2006
    Isn't this usually a sign that the monitor is going bad? I may be wrong.
  • deicistdeicist Manchester, UK
    edited June 2006
    It can be, but the vast majority of the time it's the cable falling out of the socket slightly, or a pin on the cable being bent. The VGA cable carries each colour on seperate pins so if one of the pins isn't making contact it's missing from the display.
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