Re: Monitor seems to have trouble with red

Conor wrote:

In article <MPG.207ab226c2e5f15298a858@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jon
says...
Hi All,

I built a cheap system for my in laws a few months ago (for xmas) and
we've just got round to installing it at their home.

I've noticed an issue with the display which I've never encountered
before. The first symptom is that on screens which should be totally
black, I.e. the POST screen, the windows loading screen (apart from the
windows logo of course) there is a very noticeable tinge of red where
the black should be.

Secondly there are frequent patches of red vertical lines where the
colour should be grey/white. We have the default XP background screen of
the summers day with clouds in the top of the picture, and the clouds
mostly have this peppering of red vertical lines.

I tried watching a video clip on windows media player and it cam out
largely as black shapes moving in front of a red background.

It's a Radeon 9200 series card and the monitor is a DGM 17". Card
drivers updated from the ATI website has had no effect. I've tried
adjusting the monitor settings to tone down the red, this improves
things a little but it's nowhere near what it should be.

Is something wrong, or is this all I should expect from cheap equipment?

Is it a CRT monitor? If so, it may need taking to a TV repair shop so
they can whip the back off and turn down the red gun.


Agreed

Your monitor maybe at fault.

There is a smal card at he bottom of the tube inside the monitor that
dispatchthe three fundamental colours.
This little card carry little capcitors within
and mix these colours towards the front of the tube.
If one is deffective then you'll have a dominant color on the display
or some troubles with a colour.But i would advise not to look into the
monitor because it is dangerous.

.

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