question about trouble with my monitor

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  • kane
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • Aug 2001
    • 20684
    #1

    question about trouble with my monitor

    I bought a monitor a little while back and it's having a problem. It's starting to have trouble displaying white. For example I will have something open like dreamweaver or word that has a white background and all of a sudden all the white kind of turns a light shade of blue/grey. It stays that way for a little bit then goes back to being white. Any ideas what may cause this?

    I've tried the following:

    Degause
    Making sure everything it plugged in secure
    updating my video drivers
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    • Doug420
      Registered User
      • Jan 2006
      • 33
      #2
      Do you have another computer you can try it on? It might be your video card.

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        • kane
          Too lazy to set a custom title
          • Aug 2001
          • 20684
          #3
          Originally posted by Doug420
          Do you have another computer you can try it on? It might be your video card.
          nope I don't I've made some calls and think I have it narrowed down but none of the answers are good ones.

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            • Baker Rd
              Confirmed User
              • Nov 2005
              • 647
              #4
              is it an old crappy CRT from 1999?
              money talks and bullshit walks.

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                • kane
                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                  • Aug 2001
                  • 20684
                  #5
                  Originally posted by Baker Rd
                  is it an old crappy CRT from 1999?
                  it is a crt but it is only about 6 months old.

                  From what I've learned it looks like it is the cable that is shorting. Unfortunatly the cable is hardwired into the monitor.

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                    • rowan
                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                      • Mar 2002
                      • 17393
                      #6
                      If it's only 6 months old then you should consider excercising your warranty options... depending on the store and manufacturer they may just swap it over on the spot for you.

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                        • Baker Rd
                          Confirmed User
                          • Nov 2005
                          • 647
                          #7
                          Originally posted by rowan
                          If it's only 6 months old then you should consider excercising your warranty options... depending on the store and manufacturer they may just swap it over on the spot for you.
                          Yup... especially if the cable is wired. Next time buy an LCD
                          money talks and bullshit walks.

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                            • Spunky
                              I need a beer
                              • Jun 2002
                              • 133978
                              #8
                              Send it back and exchange for a LCD

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                                • arg
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Feb 2003
                                  • 1164
                                  #9
                                  Sounds like one of the RGB signal lines in the cable may be shorting. If bright red, green, or blue pixels on your monitor go to black at the same time as the white dims, then that's almost certainly it. White is a lot more obvious because it takes up more of the screen, but pay attention to the color changes too, and note which it is (red green or blue) if you take it in for repair. (White is made up of all three colors, so when one color goes out, it's still fairly bright). It could also be an RGB line short inside the monitor, but if wiggling the connector a bit affects the problem, then it's most likely cable-related.

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