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262886 2004-08-18 06:42:00 I lent a friend an old Digital 166 Meg. She's had it for a few years, runs Win 98 w/o probs, good 4 email, but the monitor has suddenly gone monochrome. It's got the latest SV64 drivers, and when I switch in the on-screen monitor controls, they're in glorious colour, so it's unlikely to be the tube. The appearance settings in Control are stock standard, so I'm at a loss. Not drivers; not hardware; any ideas? arfitty (2716)
262887 2004-08-18 06:58:00 The fault may well be with the video card, not the monitor. Try the monitor on another computer, and another monitor on the computer giving the problem.

That way you should be able to ascertain where the problem lies.
Terry Porritt (14)
262888 2004-08-18 08:29:00 Silly question, but have you tried tweaking the monitor cord? Growly (6)
262889 2004-08-18 09:09:00 Total monochrome is almost certainly the video card.

Very very unlikely to be the monitor, try the swap-arounds suggested earlier to confirm.

Cheers

Billy 8-{)
Billy T (70)
262890 2004-08-18 09:32:00 > Total monochrome is almost certainly the video card.
>
> Very very unlikely to be the monitor, try the
> swap-arounds suggested earlier to confirm.

Or some bent pins when it was getting plugged in. I bent two pins on my 19" monitor and had the same result. Luckily they straightened without snapping off.
Big John (551)
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