PC Monitor Poroblem

[Big Al.]

Help needed you PC guru's,
when during normal operation on my PC, my monitor(LCD) seems to be playing up.
It flickers momentarily, white goes pink, colours change to a hue and then all goes back to normal.
WTF going on Guy's n Girls. Any suggestion other then the Fking thing?

HELP!




>>> Edited by Big Al. on Saturday 5th April 22:21

[Bonce]

Can you make it happen by wiggling the cable either at the PC end or the monitor end?

[Big Al.]

Bonce said: Can you make it happen by wiggling the cable either at the PC end or the monitor end?

Hi bonce,
Nah! tried that first of all, everything seenms to be OK with the cables.

NEXT?

[5ltr-chim]

First thing to check is obviously that the cable is securely attached at both ends.
Second thing - try operating it from another pc - just to rule out the possibility of your graphics card dying.
Thirdly either have a few to or until vision and memory both fuzzy!

[Big Al.]

Hi Mark, good idea but I only got the one PC. If all else fails thats the route I'll have to take.

[Bonce]

The only other thing i can suggest is changing down to a lower resolution for a while to see if it still happens.

Failing that, have a drink!

[Big Al.]

I'll have one for you as well bonce

[5ltr-chim]

Al,

If it's any help to you - you could bring it over to me to check it other pc's - Just east of Reading.

[Big Al.]

5ltr-chim said: Al,

If it's any help to you - you could bring it over to me to check it other pc's - Just east of Reading.

Hi Mark your a Gent thanks for the offer, I'll give you a shout as a last resort before I kick the Fking thing out the window.

[mike_e]

Hi Al

You sure its not your cable? Sounds very like one of the RGB colour signals goes AWOL for a while producing the change of hue / colour. If you want to borrow a monitor/cable/graphics card/PC for comparison give me a call, I've got spares in the office.

Mike

[hut49]

Sounds like your monitor needs degaussing. Occasionally, a color monitor develops a discolouration or colour purity problem on part or all of the screen. Typically, the discolouration follows a semicircular pattern around one side or corner with several bands of different colour distortions, like a rainbow. Sometimes the discolouration involves the entire screen, but that is rare.

Is their a strong magnetic field close the the monitor? Loudspeaker for example? Try moving the monitor and see if the colour pattern moves. If it doesn't then the monitor may need to be degaussed. Monitors have an in-built degaussing coil that operates each time the monitor is turned on. Some monitors have a degaussing button. If a monitor has been strongly magnetised internal degaussing may not be enough and a rainbow results.

If you don't have a degaussing button, I take it you already tried turning the monitor off and on again?

If that didn't work you might need to get it manually degaussed.

Hutch

[5ltr-chim]

Hutch - his monitor is LCD ! - so theres no magnetic fields involved as no electron beams to divert.

Therefore NO DEGAUSSING POSSIBLE or NEEDED!

[Big Al.]

Hi Guys, thanks for all your inputs.
I don’t know if I frightened it BUT it's behaving it's self at the mo.
Perhaps the might not have helped the situation last night. Today, so far so good.
I'll keep you posted.

Thanks again.

[alan_driver]

Big Al. said: Perhaps the might not have helped the situation last night.
Thanks again.

Are you sure that wasn't the cause?

[cortinaman]

bet it was the threat of kicking it out the window!!

[Big Al.]

ssssSSSHHHH! it's still behaving!

[5ltr-chim]

Just goes to prove they're female! (TempreMENTAL)

OK I'll self-inflict this =>

[hut49]

5ltr-chim said: Hutch - his monitor is LCD ! - so theres no magnetic fields involved as no electron beams to divert.

Therefore NO DEGAUSSING POSSIBLE or NEEDED!

Oops - guess I should have read details of the problem more carefully!

Hutch