overnight monitor develops "red glow" ;-)

Seriously ;-)...can anyone steer me in the right direction with this?

When I looked at my Samsung (900 NF) monitor this morning there seemed to be
a red overlay covering the screen. There were no changes made to drivers
etc. When Windows (XP Home) is loading, the white letters on the black
screen appear pink. After Windows has loaded, there are narrow bands of red
at the very side edges of my screen. And, everything appears to have a
noticeable pink cast.

Can you tell me where to start troubleshooting this?

Or, is it mechanical failure?

kristin

That's known as a Tequila Sunrise!

....but seriously, folks, that sounds like your picture tube is getting old.

Alan

"Kristin" <khrysalis@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Seriously ;-)...can anyone steer me in the right direction with this?
>
> When I looked at my Samsung (900 NF) monitor this morning there seemed to
be
> a red overlay covering the screen. There were no changes made to drivers
> etc. When Windows (XP Home) is loading, the white letters on the black
> screen appear pink. After Windows has loaded, there are narrow bands of
red
> at the very side edges of my screen. And, everything appears to have a
> noticeable pink cast.
>
> Can you tell me where to start troubleshooting this?
>
> Or, is it mechanical failure?
>
> kristin
>
>

Check your monitor settings on the monitor itself (the
buttons on the front of your monitor). Someone may have
made some "adjustments" for you hoping you'll buy a new
Sony 22". ;-{)
>-----Original Message-----
>Seriously ;-)...can anyone steer me in the right
direction with this?
>
>When I looked at my Samsung (900 NF) monitor this
morning there seemed to be
>a red overlay covering the screen. There were no
changes made to drivers
>etc. When Windows (XP Home) is loading, the white
letters on the black
>screen appear pink. After Windows has loaded, there are
narrow bands of red
>at the very side edges of my screen. And, everything
appears to have a
>noticeable pink cast.
>
>Can you tell me where to start troubleshooting this?
>
>Or, is it mechanical failure?
>
>kristin
>
>
>.
>