Monitor won't display red range

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I don't really know what area to post this under but I'm
wondering if anyone knows how to fix a problem where my
monitor works perfectly except that it doesn't display
any red colors on it at all. I have had this problem
once before but I can't remember how I fixed it. I have
tried fiddling with the OSD on it and couldn't fix
anything by adjusting the colors. Also to note, this is
the secondary monitor I am running on my computer. The
other monitor does not have the problem.

My computer:
Intel Prescott 2.4A ghz 533mhz FSB 1mb L2 Cache
Elixir 512mb PC2700 DDR Ram
Seagate Barracuda 80gb 8mb cache 7200rpm
Lite-on DVD-RW drive
Compaq 52x CD drive
ABIT VT7 motherboard
nVidia FX5200 128mb by PNY Verto (AGP)
Alliance 350w power supply
 
Hi:
I, too started experiencing Monitor related problem, ...
not like yours, but 'black-out' once a while. Then, I
accidenly 'banged' on side of the Monitor. Strangely, it
came back normally. Since then, there is NO problem, ...
always good color with NO 'Black-out.'

In my hunch, ... mine is going to 'get aged,' due to the
usage, more than 4 years old. I used quite often for a
long hour.
I have NO good answer to your problem, ... but possibly
your monitor also might be related to the age?
Annie E.
 
| "Commonsenseless" <[email protected]>
| wrote in message | <SNIP> my monitor works perfectly except that it doesn't display
| any red colors on it at all. <SNIP>
|
| My computer:
| Intel Prescott 2.4A ghz 533mhz FSB 1mb L2 Cache
| Elixir 512mb PC2700 DDR Ram
| Seagate Barracuda 80gb 8mb cache 7200rpm
| Lite-on DVD-RW drive
| Compaq 52x CD drive
| ABIT VT7 motherboard
| nVidia FX5200 128mb by PNY Verto (AGP)
| Alliance 350w power supply

I had a monitor similar to that. One day all of the colors were fine.
That night I shut the computer down and left the monitor in Video
Power Down Mode. Turned off my TV, also. That night there
was a thunderstorm and lightning struck within yards of the house.

The next morning my (most likely about 20 year old) CRT monitor
did not display yellow (ever again). And the picture on my TV
looked similar to when you put a magnet near the front of the tube
(the internal degauss circuits of the TV took care of that problem after
power cycling a few times). Of course my Flat Panel monitor was
not affected. Anyway...

Not sure what monitor you have (all that information about your
computer and nothing about the monitor!) but, in general, degaussing
should be the first thing attempted whenever color purity problems are
detected. Most monitors (all new ones I would suppose) degauss
automatically upon power-on. But some may require pulling the plug
to do a hard reset.

For some general information about CRT tubes see:

TV and Monitor CRT (Picture Tube) Information
http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/crtfaq.htm

Also search your Monitor Manufacturers Support Base and perhaps
post to the following newsgroup:

Windows XP Hardware
AKA microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware

The following page has links you can click to access the newsgroup
with your Web browser, or with a Network News Transfer
Protocol (NNTP)-based newsreader such as Outlook Express.

Windows XP Expert Zone Community Newsgroups
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups.mspx

And if you post to that newsgroup I suggest that you include
information such as the type and age of Monitor.
 
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