D. said:
There are several ways for the color to be off.
CRTs and LCDs do have some differences, so that would have
been nice to know.
Both VGA and DVI, have separate signal paths for each
of the primary colors R, G, B.
A disconnect on one of the signals, could cause the
weird colors.
The disconnect can be within the monitor itself, such as
a failure on one of the guns on a CRT.
You could have a problem with the gamma sliders in your
video card control panel. Some support gamma per primary
color.
If this is an LCD, you could have a bad CCFL backlight, but
the color would not likely be pink. More brownish.
If the monitor has a "color temperature" setting, that too
can mess up the color. Again, I don't think that is pink,
maybe bluish. Color temperature may be a setting in the
OSD. Some LCDs have "profiles", which affect color for
various kinds of applications (like a setting for
viewing movies).
So, start by:
1) Review video card control panel for color-related changes.
2) Review OSD or button controls on the monitor.
3) Check startup folder, for things like "Adobe Gamma" or similar
color-changing applications. It could be some third-party app
is screwing everything up.
4) Test the monitor on another computer, to see if the color
problem is the monitor, or is solely with the original computer.
5) If the monitor is not using a captive cable, and the cable
can be unplugged at both ends, try another cable while testing.
6) Try another, known good monitor, on the bad computer, and see
if the problem is still there.
My guess is, you have a CRT, and one of the guns has a problem.
HTH,
Paul
