Blue Tint in Monitor

[sprude27]

My monitor has a blue tint to it. I've checked the video card and changed video cards no change. Is the monitor kaput?

Stephen

 

[iSeriesCodePoet]

Have you tried a different monitor? It does sound like it is FUBARed... Mike Wills
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[hotfusion]

Has this just started or has it always been like it? If you have the monitor's colour temperature adjustment set to too high a number it would give everything a blue shift. Too low a number gives things a warm red/beige shift. This can normally be adjusted using the monitor menu buttons - I run mine at 5000k. The other possibility is one of the electron guns (of 3) in the monitor has low emission or packed up altogether. I know of no fault in the graphics card though that could cause this. My suggestions are what I would try myself. If incorrect, I welcome corrections to my rather limited knowledge. Andy.

 

[iSeriesCodePoet]

A faulty gaphics card is possible, but not probable. Mike Wills
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[dakota81]

I would say the problem is with the cable. Wiggle the cable up and down a tad where it's connected to the computer, then also where it goes into the monitor. See if the tint goes away or if it tints to a different color. If so, then the cable is definately at fault. Only a few monitors have cables that can be disconnected from the monitor unit itself, so your probably out of luck anyways.

 

[LOKIDOG]

My monitor has done this periodically for 4 years. I call it a purple shift (it does make everything purple). But when I switched to my home computer from my very slow outdated work computer it seemed to happen much less frequently. It also seems to bounce out of purple mode when I start Word Perfect (and stays out subsequently). So some sort of software-harware connects does affect it. It is pretty infrequent now and my MicroScan Monitor is still pretty cool.

 

[JohnS9051]

I agree with dakota81 this sounds like a bad cable. I have seen this many times.
Remove the cable from the video card and look at the connector pins. Are any of them shorter than the others?
Sometimes the pins get pushed in or broken off.
Try, carefully, pulling the pin up with a needle-nose pliers. If you can't pull it up it is probably broken off.
A monitor repair shop should be able to replace the cable for you if you are not comfortable replacing it yourself.
If you connect and disconnect the monitor often, like at a repair station, get a vga adapter for the cable. It is easier to replace these adapters than to replace a cable.
Hope this helps. Good luck.

John

 

[mooby]

Have U any speakers or magnets near it.If so move them.This should get away the blue tint!