Monitor: NO more red!!!

**fivefeet8** · July 15th, 2002

Seems like my magview monitor is capput.. Blues and greens show just fine, but red is completely gone.. It's not my graphics cards since I have tested both my voodoo 5 and geforce 4 with the same results.. I am looking at a weird blue hue right now without any red.. everything red looks sorta yellowish..

Is there a way to fix this with monitors? Or is buying a new monitor the only viable choice at this point.. I have tried the color settings on both graphics cards and still no red shows up..

Thanks for any help..

**Shiori** · July 15th, 2002

Maybe the cable's not connected firmly to the card.... or that one of the pins at the end of the cable broke. It happens when you remove your monitor from the card fairly often.

I guess Shiori's hair looks kinda yellowish, eh?

**Zephon** · July 15th, 2002

I agree with Shiori that the cable may be a possible cause of this problem, but if it isn't, then you're in serious trouble. Fixing a monitor on your own requires a lot of experience, and it's quite dangerous.

Some time ago my monitar was kinda unstable about colors too. Sometimes the screen got all yellowish, sometimes the screen was all blueish, sometimes it was all redish. Anyway, I got sick of that and took it to the maintenance, and they fixed it (they had to change some component that was broken). Anyway, it was free because it was all covered by the warranty. Also my friend's monitor had problems with colors too, but she could easily "fix" the problem: she used to hit the monitor, and the colors came back to normal.

fivefeet8, if your monitor is not very good (or if it's too old), consider buying a new one. Mine is 17' and works like a charm, it can get up to 160Hz of refresh rate (I use 85Hz only

).

Phoenix · July 15th, 2002

You can check the cable pin No. 1 (watching the connector from its front and from left to right) which is the red signal. If it looks OK not broken, then do a conductivity and resistance test with a VOM, maybe the red signal cable is broken internaly.

**fivefeet8** · July 15th, 2002

Thanks guys, for the info.. I looked at my monitor cable and the connection and there was a little pin missing.. I took a little staple and cut it to the appropriate size and put that in it's place.. Now the red is back.. Even Shiori's hair..

dhkimboa · July 16th, 2002

that's I called " helping "

**fivefeet8** · July 16th, 2002

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Originally posted by Zephon

fivefeet8, if your monitor is not very good (or if it's too old), consider buying a new one. Mine is 17' and works like a charm, it can get up to 160Hz of refresh rate (I use 85Hz only ).

Hehe.. My magview 19" monitor is actually pretty new and it's very good.. 1600x1200 max res.. Love watching movies on it since it's so big.. Anyways, I guess the pin broke off this Sunday since this weekend I was messing with the TV out in my geforce 4 ti and was connecting/disconnecting the monitor cable a lot..

Damn!! TV out is great.. Playing arcade games on mame with my TV looks so arcade authentic.. I also tried watching some Divx movies and they looked a lot better than when watching them from my computer monitor(TV hides the video discrepancies better).. Psx games also looked very nice, but I still prefer High res computer monitors for 3d games..

I also tried Dual Display setups.. Watched a movie fullscreen on my TV while I serfed the net or played some games on my computer monitor.. Cool.. I am gonna take my old 15" monitor back from my friend so I can try a triple display setup.. Or better yet, a quadruple display setup with my voodoo 5..

**Chrono Archangel** · July 16th, 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by fivefeet8
I took a little staple and cut it to the appropriate size and put that in it's place.. Now the red is back..

Is that safe?

**fivefeet8** · July 16th, 2002

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Originally posted by Chrono_Archange

Is that safe?

I don't see why it wouldn't be.. It's a piece of metal replacing a broken piece of metal.. I made sure the metal staple was the correct size though.. It's working great so far(fingers crossed)..

Esturk · July 16th, 2002

Hey! Good job fixing your monitor! How does the staple stay in it's place? Did you just stick it in?:nod2::thumbup:

**Shiori** · July 16th, 2002

Nice to know it worked.

Happened to me before, except that I was seeing magenta all over.

**Snake785** · July 16th, 2002

It great to hear that you fixed the problem.

The only time where I've seen that the red was gone from the screen was this Arkanoid arcade machine. The funny thing is, when you punch the cabinet, the redness would come and go sometimes it would stay but at other times, the red would go away.

**fivefeet8** · July 16th, 2002

Thanks guys.. There was a pin missing from the monitor connection.. The whole pin was gone.. There was only a little hole in it's place.. So I cut a little metal rod out of the staple and measure it by sticking it into the hole before I cut it.. Then I cut it and put it in.. I also used a little super clue to keep it in place..

**Betamax** · July 16th, 2002

That sounds like something out of my repair book

. On my old monitor had some "DIY" repair jobs done on it, eg the power switch broke and was the soldered to "on". However the damn thing caught on fire about a year ago, so what I'm saying is be careful.

dhkimboa · July 17th, 2002

oh hoooo
4 monitors at once ?
that's crazy :P
I can just plug two monitors at once

KillerShots · July 17th, 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by Zephon
Mine is 17' and works like a charm, it can get up to 160Hz of refresh rate (I use 85Hz only ).

Wow, a 17 foot monitor! Can we trade?!

**Zephon** · July 17th, 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by KillerShots
Wow, a 17 foot monitor! Can we trade?!

Oops.

I meant 17" (inches). Sorry

**Chrono Archangel** · July 17th, 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by KillerShots

Wow, a 17 foot monitor! Can we trade?!

Hahaha so funny

I didnt notice that

July 15th, 2002	#1 (permalink)
fivefeet8 &-)---\|--< Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Smallville Posts: 7,577	Monitor: NO more red!!! Seems like my magview monitor is capput.. Blues and greens show just fine, but red is completely gone.. It's not my graphics cards since I have tested both my voodoo 5 and geforce 4 with the same results.. I am looking at a weird blue hue right now without any red.. everything red looks sorta yellowish.. Is there a way to fix this with monitors? Or is buying a new monitor the only viable choice at this point.. I have tried the color settings on both graphics cards and still no red shows up.. Thanks for any help.. __________________ Play emulated games online Main Rig\|\|Intel Q6600@3.2 ghertz\|4x1gb DDR2 1066\|Asrock 1600sli 110db LGA 775\|EVGA 8800gtx@620/1450/975\|2x Seagate 160gb SATA150 Raid0\|250 gb Samsung SATA2 HD\|Seagate 7000.10 500gb HD\|NEC 3520 4x/8x DVD+R/RW DL burner\|Antec TP 650 watt\|40" Sony Bravia 1080p\|20.1" 5ms LCD 1680x1050 Native\|Logitec 5.1 Speaker System w/15" Sub\|Dual Boot Winows XP Pro/Vista 64bit\|\| 2nd Rig\|\|Athlon64 x2 3800+\|2x1 gig PC3200\|BFG Geforce 6800 Ultra OC @450/1250 agp\|60 gig Maxtor IDE HD 7200 RPM\|40 gig Maxtor IDE HD\|Asrock Dual SATA2\|Silver Aluminum ATX\|17" LCD\|\| 3rd Rig\|\|Athlon Xp 2800+\|1.5 gig PC2700\|BFG GeforceFx 5900 Ultra OC agp\|100 gig Maxtor SATA HD\|NF7-s rev2.0\|Nvidia Soundstorm MCP\|19" CRT\|\|

July 15th, 2002	#2 (permalink)
Shiori :3 Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Seoul, South Korea Posts: 10,116	Maybe the cable's not connected firmly to the card.... or that one of the pins at the end of the cable broke. It happens when you remove your monitor from the card fairly often. I guess Shiori's hair looks kinda yellowish, eh? __________________ "...And when I finally meet you again, I want to ask you - have you found what you were looking for? Because that's what I felt you were doing, all these years. And I want to hear you answer, "Yes, I have, thank you for asking," and we'll be together again, until the end of our days..."

July 15th, 2002	#3 (permalink)
Zephon Key To The Universe Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Stratosphere Posts: 2,706	I agree with Shiori that the cable may be a possible cause of this problem, but if it isn't, then you're in serious trouble. Fixing a monitor on your own requires a lot of experience, and it's quite dangerous. Some time ago my monitar was kinda unstable about colors too. Sometimes the screen got all yellowish, sometimes the screen was all blueish, sometimes it was all redish. Anyway, I got sick of that and took it to the maintenance, and they fixed it (they had to change some component that was broken). Anyway, it was free because it was all covered by the warranty. Also my friend's monitor had problems with colors too, but she could easily "fix" the problem: she used to hit the monitor, and the colors came back to normal. fivefeet8, if your monitor is not very good (or if it's too old), consider buying a new one. Mine is 17' and works like a charm, it can get up to 160Hz of refresh rate (I use 85Hz only ). __________________ But there is someone who remembers you Someone waiting for a sign that leads the way to you There is someone who will die for you Keep that in mind when the hope fails

July 15th, 2002	#5 (permalink)
fivefeet8 &-)---\|--< Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Smallville Posts: 7,577	Thanks guys, for the info.. I looked at my monitor cable and the connection and there was a little pin missing.. I took a little staple and cut it to the appropriate size and put that in it's place.. Now the red is back.. Even Shiori's hair.. __________________ Play emulated games online Main Rig\|\|Intel Q6600@3.2 ghertz\|4x1gb DDR2 1066\|Asrock 1600sli 110db LGA 775\|EVGA 8800gtx@620/1450/975\|2x Seagate 160gb SATA150 Raid0\|250 gb Samsung SATA2 HD\|Seagate 7000.10 500gb HD\|NEC 3520 4x/8x DVD+R/RW DL burner\|Antec TP 650 watt\|40" Sony Bravia 1080p\|20.1" 5ms LCD 1680x1050 Native\|Logitec 5.1 Speaker System w/15" Sub\|Dual Boot Winows XP Pro/Vista 64bit\|\| 2nd Rig\|\|Athlon64 x2 3800+\|2x1 gig PC3200\|BFG Geforce 6800 Ultra OC @450/1250 agp\|60 gig Maxtor IDE HD 7200 RPM\|40 gig Maxtor IDE HD\|Asrock Dual SATA2\|Silver Aluminum ATX\|17" LCD\|\| 3rd Rig\|\|Athlon Xp 2800+\|1.5 gig PC2700\|BFG GeforceFx 5900 Ultra OC agp\|100 gig Maxtor SATA HD\|NF7-s rev2.0\|Nvidia Soundstorm MCP\|19" CRT\|\|

July 16th, 2002	#10 (permalink)
Esturk Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,957	Hey! Good job fixing your monitor! How does the staple stay in it's place? Did you just stick it in?:nod2::thumbup: __________________ Necrosaro: Windows XP Pro x64 Edition SP2 \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 4MB L2 Cache \| Asus P5K Deluxe, Intel P35 Chipset, Socket 775 \| 4GB Kingston PC5300 DDR2 \| Nvidia GeForce 8800GT, 1024MB \| Creative SB X-Fi Fatality Edition \| Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD, 150Gb, SATA, Western Digital WD5000AAKS, 500GB, SATA \| LG 16x DVD-RWx2 SATA.

July 15th, 2002	#4 (permalink)
Phoenix Ada... Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: GDL, MX Posts: 2,229	You can check the cable pin No. 1 (watching the connector from its front and from left to right) which is the red signal. If it looks OK not broken, then do a conductivity and resistance test with a VOM, maybe the red signal cable is broken internaly.

July 16th, 2002	#6 (permalink)
dhkimboa BOA Join Date: May 2001 Location: Mexico Posts: 1,884	that's I called " helping "

July 16th, 2002	#11 (permalink)
Shiori :3 Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Seoul, South Korea Posts: 10,116	Nice to know it worked. Happened to me before, except that I was seeing magenta all over. __________________ "...And when I finally meet you again, I want to ask you - have you found what you were looking for? Because that's what I felt you were doing, all these years. And I want to hear you answer, "Yes, I have, thank you for asking," and we'll be together again, until the end of our days..."

July 16th, 2002	#12 (permalink)
Snake785 Prepare for Descent... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 2,615	It great to hear that you fixed the problem. The only time where I've seen that the red was gone from the screen was this Arkanoid arcade machine. The funny thing is, when you punch the cabinet, the redness would come and go sometimes it would stay but at other times, the red would go away. __________________ My Computer specs: Pentium 4 2.6Ghz 512 MB of RAM Geforce FX 5700 128 MB Windows XP SP1 Click here for Flaretech.Biz Web Hosting

July 16th, 2002	#13 (permalink)
fivefeet8 &-)---\|--< Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Smallville Posts: 7,577	Thanks guys.. There was a pin missing from the monitor connection.. The whole pin was gone.. There was only a little hole in it's place.. So I cut a little metal rod out of the staple and measure it by sticking it into the hole before I cut it.. Then I cut it and put it in.. I also used a little super clue to keep it in place.. __________________ Play emulated games online Main Rig\|\|Intel Q6600@3.2 ghertz\|4x1gb DDR2 1066\|Asrock 1600sli 110db LGA 775\|EVGA 8800gtx@620/1450/975\|2x Seagate 160gb SATA150 Raid0\|250 gb Samsung SATA2 HD\|Seagate 7000.10 500gb HD\|NEC 3520 4x/8x DVD+R/RW DL burner\|Antec TP 650 watt\|40" Sony Bravia 1080p\|20.1" 5ms LCD 1680x1050 Native\|Logitec 5.1 Speaker System w/15" Sub\|Dual Boot Winows XP Pro/Vista 64bit\|\| 2nd Rig\|\|Athlon64 x2 3800+\|2x1 gig PC3200\|BFG Geforce 6800 Ultra OC @450/1250 agp\|60 gig Maxtor IDE HD 7200 RPM\|40 gig Maxtor IDE HD\|Asrock Dual SATA2\|Silver Aluminum ATX\|17" LCD\|\| 3rd Rig\|\|Athlon Xp 2800+\|1.5 gig PC2700\|BFG GeforceFx 5900 Ultra OC agp\|100 gig Maxtor SATA HD\|NF7-s rev2.0\|Nvidia Soundstorm MCP\|19" CRT\|\| Last edited by fivefeet8; July 16th, 2002 at 02:59.

July 16th, 2002	#14 (permalink)
Betamax Resident Movie Critic Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 9,480	That sounds like something out of my repair book . On my old monitor had some "DIY" repair jobs done on it, eg the power switch broke and was the soldered to "on". However the damn thing caught on fire about a year ago, so what I'm saying is be careful. __________________ Superior marketing of an inferior product will always win over inferior marketing of a superior product.

July 17th, 2002	#15 (permalink)
dhkimboa BOA Join Date: May 2001 Location: Mexico Posts: 1,884	oh hoooo 4 monitors at once ? that's crazy :P I can just plug two monitors at once

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