Tech question: monitor or video card? - GoFuckYourself.com

baddog · 07-26-2005, 04:20 PM

The last couple of days my monitor has been flickering with a heavy red tint (and no, it isn't the new skin).

You think my monitor is taking a dive, or is it my video card?

MaDalton · 07-26-2005, 04:27 PM

you are using windows 3.1 - if your computer is from the same time it would be more expensive to upgrade anything than to buy a full new system.

directfiesta · 07-26-2005, 04:29 PM

Monitor

rickholio · 07-26-2005, 04:50 PM

Sounds like monitor to me, but could be the connector too.

Take a look at the plug and see if you have any bent pins. A pair of needlenose can straighten out (sorta) any that happen to be bent over.

It's really easy to bend the little fuckers if you plug the cable in upside down.

baddog · 07-26-2005, 05:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rickholio

Sounds like monitor to me, but could be the connector too.

Take a look at the plug and see if you have any bent pins. A pair of needlenose can straighten out (sorta) any that happen to be bent over.

It's really easy to bend the little fuckers if you plug the cable in upside down.

I highly doubt it is the connector as it has been plugged in to this monitor for well over a year.

baddog · 07-26-2005, 05:34 PM

. . . . but I think it is probably the monitor as well . . . . guess I could plug in one of the half dozen I have sitting in the den

StuartD · 07-26-2005, 05:36 PM

yup, try it with other computers and stuff.... sounds like a loose connection of some kind.
Sometimes when the pins aren't connecting, it tints the screen.

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rickholio Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Nor'easterland Posts: 1,914	Sounds like monitor to me, but could be the connector too. Take a look at the plug and see if you have any bent pins. A pair of needlenose can straighten out (sorta) any that happen to be bent over. It's really easy to bend the little fuckers if you plug the cable in upside down. __________________ ~

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07-26-2005, 05:34 PM	#6
baddog So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: the beach, SoCal Posts: 107,089	. . . . but I think it is probably the monitor as well . . . . guess I could plug in one of the half dozen I have sitting in the den