| Forum Home | ||||
| Press F1 | ||||
| Thread ID: 26351 | 2002-10-25 04:26:00 | Whole screen is yellow...? | promethius (1998) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 92838 | 2002-10-25 04:26:00 | I just got asked to fix my friends comp. The whole screen has a pretty yellow tynge to it, but they don't think it's so pretty, and they wan't to get rid of it. It happened after viewing a powerpoint slideshow that they had recieved by email. I thought that it was prob a virus, but this happened after after the third time of viewing the same slideshow. Anyone got any ideas? | promethius (1998) | ||
| 92839 | 2002-10-25 04:29:00 | First try unplugging the monitor from the video card, and plugging it in again. It might be a bad contact on one of the pins. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 92840 | 2002-10-25 04:40:00 | Hi Promethius Take a look at This Thread (pressf1.co.nz) You could also go to a DOS window and see if the yellow tint is still present. (Post results) Cheers Billy 8-{) OT :D |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 92841 | 2002-10-25 05:26:00 | yip dos is yellow. I'll try what was suggested in the other thread. Thanks!! |
promethius (1998) | ||
| 92842 | 2002-10-25 05:46:00 | Graham.......it's an HP.....integrated graphics. but thanks nyway. |
promethius (1998) | ||
| 92843 | 2002-10-25 09:33:00 | Anyone got a fix or do i have to repalce the monitor? | promethius (1998) | ||
| 92844 | 2002-10-25 10:31:00 | Promethius Yellow screen is a lack of blue primary. If you have checked that the lead is securely plugged in to the video socket on your computer, the next thing to do is to try it on another computer. If it works OK on another computer then your video card (or motherboard for integrated graphics) has a problem If it is still yellow on another computer, it is definitely the monitor and the best option is to take it to a TV repair shop. Best to phone first though to make sure they do monitors. It is a relatively quick and simple check for a competent tech to find out whether the problem is the circuits driving the CRT or the CRT itself but it probably won't be a "while you wait" check. Before you give up on your own tests, it may be a forlorn hope but unplug the monitor lead and take a careful look at the pins of the plug. There should be 14 pins and they should all be the same length. If one is bent over or has receded inside the base of the plug, that is probably the problem. Keep us posted. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 92845 | 2002-10-25 11:01:00 | Is it a Chinese monitor? | Baldy (26) | ||
| 92846 | 2002-10-25 15:16:00 | I had a similar problem with lack of red (I suppose you could call it "whole screen is blue-green", but the most noticeable effect was that red things like the PC World heading were black!) "Dry solder joint on the red gun" was the instant diagnosis. It's a manufacturing fault in the monitor, I was told, and once attended to it would never happen again. Then about six months later..... The second repair seems to have got it. Yours, as pointed out elsewhere, will be the blue gun. The day isn't probably far off when they'll say: "No, we don't do electrical fiddling like that, Guv. Best to replace the whole monitor." |
argus (366) | ||
| 92847 | 2002-10-26 03:08:00 | I'm not too sure about its ethnicity Baldy, but Promethius certainly has a jaundiced view of its performance. :^O Disclaimer: :| This thread has not yet been officially opened for OT discussions as the answer has not yet been found. Therefore these two posts should be seen as serious technical discussion, posted in good faith with the sole intention of putting some colour back in this monitor's cheeks. Or whatever ]:) Cheers Billy 8-{) :D :D :D |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1 2 | |||||