dark monitor colors

[augusto321]

HI, I've got an old ibm aptiva 2140L46, cpu pentium 2 266, os windows
xp pro, with an ibm 2128 mm75 multimedia crt monitor 17" and an ati
3d rage pro agp 2x video card.

Here is my problem: the monitor settings are all set to the brightest
possible (both brightness and contrast) but the colors are getting
darker day by day.

Do you have any suggestion to fix this problem? Is it a monitor/video
drivers problem or just the old age of my monitor (10 years old)?
(btw in the tab driver of my monitor I read: Microsoft,
6/6/2001,5.1.2001.0,Microsoft windows publisher; by clicking on driver
details I read: no file driver is needed or was uploaded for the
monitor. In the tab driver of my video card I read the same as above
but by clicking on driver details I can see 2 file drivers supplied by
Ati).
Thanks!

Augusto

Reference words: colore colori color colors colour colours monitor
video dark darker scuro scuri brightness luminosità

 

[Bob I]

The monitor is failing, replace it if you want "bright" again.

 

[Guest]

If you adjusted the monitor to it's brightest and it's still very dark I
would put the blame on the monitor.

 

[Guest]

Dark monitor is usually the result of a monitor going bad, get a LCD, you can
find them from $100 to $150. Or if you live on a buget you can get crt
monitors for free sometimes, but usually if they are free they are also going
bad. http://www.craigslist.org

 

[Dr. Bill]

HI, I've got an old ibm aptiva 2140L46, cpu pentium 2 266, os windows
xp pro, with an ibm 2128 mm75 multimedia crt monitor 17" and an ati
3d rage pro agp 2x video card.

Here is my problem: the monitor settings are all set to the brightest
possible (both brightness and contrast) but the colors are getting
darker day by day.

Do you have any suggestion to fix this problem? Is it a monitor/video
drivers problem or just the old age of my monitor (10 years old)?

Get another CRT!

 

[novice]

Discern if it's the monitor or graphics card that requires
repair/replacement.
Try the monitor on a friends PC or try a friends monitor with your PC.

HI, I've got an old ibm aptiva 2140L46, cpu pentium 2 266, os windows
xp pro, with an ibm 2128 mm75 multimedia crt monitor 17" and an ati
3d rage pro agp 2x video card.

Here is my problem: the monitor settings are all set to the brightest
possible (both brightness and contrast) but the colors are getting
darker day by day.

Do you have any suggestion to fix this problem? Is it a monitor/video
drivers problem or just the old age of my monitor (10 years old)?
(btw in the tab driver of my monitor I read: Microsoft,
6/6/2001,5.1.2001.0,Microsoft windows publisher; by clicking on driver
details I read: no file driver is needed or was uploaded for the
monitor. In the tab driver of my video card I read the same as above
but by clicking on driver details I can see 2 file drivers supplied by
Ati).
Thanks!

Augusto

Reference words: colore colori color colors colour colours monitor
video dark darker scuro scuri brightness luminosità

 

[Curt Christianson]

Hi Augusto,

I'm with the others--time to buy a new monitor.

--
HTH,
Curt

Windows Support Center
http://aumha.org/

HI, I've got an old ibm aptiva 2140L46, cpu pentium 2 266, os windows
xp pro, with an ibm 2128 mm75 multimedia crt monitor 17" and an ati
3d rage pro agp 2x video card.

Here is my problem: the monitor settings are all set to the brightest
possible (both brightness and contrast) but the colors are getting
darker day by day.

Do you have any suggestion to fix this problem? Is it a monitor/video
drivers problem or just the old age of my monitor (10 years old)?
(btw in the tab driver of my monitor I read: Microsoft,
6/6/2001,5.1.2001.0,Microsoft windows publisher; by clicking on driver
details I read: no file driver is needed or was uploaded for the
monitor. In the tab driver of my video card I read the same as above
but by clicking on driver details I can see 2 file drivers supplied by
Ati).
Thanks!

Augusto

Reference words: colore colori color colors colour colours monitor
video dark darker scuro scuri brightness luminosità

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

HI, I've got an old ibm aptiva 2140L46, cpu pentium 2 266, os windows
xp pro, with an ibm 2128 mm75 multimedia crt monitor 17" and an ati
3d rage pro agp 2x video card.

Here is my problem: the monitor settings are all set to the brightest
possible (both brightness and contrast) but the colors are getting
darker day by day.

Do you have any suggestion to fix this problem? Is it a monitor/video
drivers problem or just the old age of my monitor (10 years old)?

It's almost certainly the monitor, which needs replacing. Drivers don't make
things get "darker day by day."

 

[relic]

HI, I've got an old ibm aptiva 2140L46, cpu pentium 2 266, os windows
xp pro, with an ibm 2128 mm75 multimedia crt monitor 17" and an ati
3d rage pro agp 2x video card.

Here is my problem: the monitor settings are all set to the brightest
possible (both brightness and contrast) but the colors are getting
darker day by day.

Do you have any suggestion to fix this problem? Is it a monitor/video
drivers problem or just the old age of my monitor (10 years old)?
(btw in the tab driver of my monitor I read: Microsoft,
6/6/2001,5.1.2001.0,Microsoft windows publisher; by clicking on driver
details I read: no file driver is needed or was uploaded for the
monitor. In the tab driver of my video card I read the same as above
but by clicking on driver details I can see 2 file drivers supplied by
Ati).

Plug it into 440 VAC to make it bright again.

 

[Guest]

relic dont say that someone will do it

Plug it into 440 VAC to make it bright again.

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

It's the age of the monitor.
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows

HI, I've got an old ibm aptiva 2140L46, cpu pentium 2 266, os windows
xp pro, with an ibm 2128 mm75 multimedia crt monitor 17" and an ati
3d rage pro agp 2x video card.

Here is my problem: the monitor settings are all set to the brightest
possible (both brightness and contrast) but the colors are getting
darker day by day.

Do you have any suggestion to fix this problem? Is it a monitor/video
drivers problem or just the old age of my monitor (10 years old)?
(btw in the tab driver of my monitor I read: Microsoft,
6/6/2001,5.1.2001.0,Microsoft windows publisher; by clicking on driver
details I read: no file driver is needed or was uploaded for the
monitor. In the tab driver of my video card I read the same as above
but by clicking on driver details I can see 2 file drivers supplied by
Ati).
Thanks!

Augusto

Reference words: colore colori color colors colour colours monitor
video dark darker scuro scuri brightness luminosità

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

Here is my problem: the monitor settings are all set to the brightest
possible (both brightness and contrast) but the colors are getting
darker day by day.

Buy a new freakin' monitor.

 

[Steve Urbach]

Plug it into 440 VAC to make it bright again.

Wear "Welding goggle" eye protection. It might be too brite.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

HI, I've got an old ibm aptiva 2140L46, cpu pentium 2 266, os windows
xp pro, with an ibm 2128 mm75 multimedia crt monitor 17" and an ati
3d rage pro agp 2x video card.

Here is my problem: the monitor settings are all set to the brightest
possible (both brightness and contrast) but the colors are getting
darker day by day.

Do you have any suggestion to fix this problem?

Replace the failing monitor.


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[gonzo]

HI, I've got an old ibm aptiva 2140L46, cpu pentium 2 266, os windows
xp pro, with an ibm 2128 mm75 multimedia crt monitor 17" and an ati
3d rage pro agp 2x video card.

Here is my problem: the monitor settings are all set to the brightest
possible (both brightness and contrast) but the colors are getting
darker day by day.

Do you have any suggestion to fix this problem? Is it a monitor/video
drivers problem or just the old age of my monitor (10 years old)?
(btw in the tab driver of my monitor I read: Microsoft,
6/6/2001,5.1.2001.0,Microsoft windows publisher; by clicking on driver
details I read: no file driver is needed or was uploaded for the
monitor. In the tab driver of my video card I read the same as above
but by clicking on driver details I can see 2 file drivers supplied by
Ati).
Thanks!

Augusto

The monitor is probably screwed. This little
program http://files.filefront.com/932340
will enable you to adjust the brightness even
if the monitor setting are at the max. It is only
a temporary fix, it may help until you can replace
the monitor.

 

[relic]

HI, I've got an old ibm aptiva 2140L46, cpu pentium 2 266, os windows
xp pro, with an ibm 2128 mm75 multimedia crt monitor 17" and an ati
3d rage pro agp 2x video card.

Here is my problem: the monitor settings are all set to the brightest
possible (both brightness and contrast) but the colors are getting
darker day by day.

Do you have any suggestion to fix this problem? Is it a monitor/video
drivers problem or just the old age of my monitor (10 years old)?
(btw in the tab driver of my monitor I read: Microsoft,
6/6/2001,5.1.2001.0,Microsoft windows publisher; by clicking on driver
details I read: no file driver is needed or was uploaded for the
monitor. In the tab driver of my video card I read the same as above
but by clicking on driver details I can see 2 file drivers supplied by
Ati).
Thanks!

I see you chose to ignore everybody who replied to you. You belong on the
"Do Not Help" liszt.

 

[meek]

HI, I've got an old ibm aptiva 2140L46, cpu pentium 2 266, os windows
xp pro, with an ibm 2128 mm75 multimedia crt monitor 17" and an ati
3d rage pro agp 2x video card.

Here is my problem: the monitor settings are all set to the brightest
possible (both brightness and contrast) but the colors are getting
darker day by day.

Do you have any suggestion to fix this problem? Is it a monitor/video
drivers problem or just the old age of my monitor (10 years old)?
(btw in the tab driver of my monitor I read: Microsoft,
6/6/2001,5.1.2001.0,Microsoft windows publisher; by clicking on driver
details I read: no file driver is needed or was uploaded for the
monitor. In the tab driver of my video card I read the same as above
but by clicking on driver details I can see 2 file drivers supplied by
Ati).
Thanks!

Augusto

The monitor is probably screwed. This little
program http://files.filefront.com/932340
will enable you to adjust the brightness even
if the monitor setting are at the max. It is only
a temporary fix, it may help until you can replace
the monitor.

There is sometimes a little pot "under the hood" that can be
adjusted. At least that was the way with VT monitors.
I have the opposite problem, mine is too bright -
no pot mentioned in schematics ...
Chris

 

[Mhzjunkie]

(e-mail address removed) spewed out this bit, and i'll scatter a few bits
myself:

There is sometimes a little pot "under the hood" that can be

If it's green, I reckon you can put it in tin-foil and dry it on the
manifold.

<shrugs>

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[Curt Christianson]

Pot=potentiometer, or more exact, a rheostat in this case.

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HTH,
Curt

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