My moniter is about 3 years old. Sometimes if it is not properly connected (a little loose) to my my 3d card (ATI) everything on my monitor completely turns a pinkish color.
Well it happens maybe every hour or so (but still random) and only lasts for maybe ten seconds or so…but the screen flickers (like electronic interference) and everything is shaded pink.
I have made sure everything (cables, 3d card) is secure and that no electronic gizmos are near…but it still happens.
Is it possible that my monitor is about to expire…anyone had this happen to them. Thanks.
Hey me too! I have a Samsung SyncMaster 950p which has started doing what you describe fairly recently. I haven’t tried diagnosing it yet, but I think my monitor is still under warranty so I’ll probably give Samsung a call in the near future.
In my case it also seems a become a pale faded yellow color on occasion.
My screen’s a yellow tint around 95% of the time. In my case I’m used to it, but giving it a solid, hard whack will usually fix the problem (albeit for just a few minutes)
I have a monitor that comes on pink and stays that way until properly warmed up. I took it to a guy to fix and he said it wasn’t worth it. He said that it is usually a sign that one or more of the solder joints inside the monitor is bad and needs to be resoldered. Finding the right one is a PITA process and can break more than it fixes. He then went into a long rant about the good ol’ days when you could use Freon to clean the solder joints and you didn’t have these kinds of problems and . . .
Look on the back for the date of manf & the model number & post those…
Seems like a connection isn’t tight. Take it off the back & put it back on so its real tight. If it was a joint, you bang the side of the monitor lightly & if that clears up the screen, its probably a joint. Assuming you tightened the cable first & the video card is seated tight.
This is a WAG, but a monitor has three electron guns, one for each color (RGB), right? Sounds like one of the guns is going out. If the screen looks pink or purple-ish (magenta?) then I’m guessing green is the culprit.
Some older monitors (including my current secondary screen) have five coaxial connections on the back which are merged into a standard SVGA connector. Three of these are for the red, green and blue signals (hence RGB) and disconnecting one will cause the odd color effects described in this thread.
With that in mind, the simplest cause of your problem is that your cable is bad and one of the lines within it is making intermittent contact. Replace it, if you can. On some monitors, the cable can be unscrewed from the monitor. Borrow a replacement cable to test.
If the cable is fixed, you may have to do some soldering. Take the monitor’s cover off (I’d unplug the monitor and let it sit for several hours first, to discharge all the capacitors - the risk of shocking yourself is small, but why chance it?) and examine whare the cable connects. Look for a cracked or loose solder connection.
At this point, you may end up wondering of the monitor is even worth fixing, because anything more complicated than replacing the cable is beyond a casual hobbyist’s skill, and getting a proffessional to fix it may cost more than replacing the monitor.
