Dream Weaver

Just logged on for about 20 minutes - suddenly my monitor has started turning pink at the edges of the screen, and now it is getting duller in colour

What the hell is appening to it

ChrisB

Could be a couple of things...

1) Your monitor is about to die
2) The cable is stuffed. Is it captive at the monitor end (non-detachable)? If so, try a different cable. My monitor kept going purple and I thought the monitor was on it's last legs. £15 on a new high quality cable and all was fine again.
3) Your video card has come unseated slightly.

Chris.

Dream Weaver

ChrisB, thanks for the quick response. I have sorted it now thankfully.

You missed off option 4) Speakers.

I had considered this but the speakers have been sat next to the monitor with no probs for 18 months. I have moved them and it seems to have done the job.

Thanks
Simon

boomer

Simon,

ya beat me too it, 'cos i was going to suggest speakers. I bought some so-called "shielded speakers" a while ago that did similar things to my monitor. The crazy thing was that the shop said that my _monitor_ was at fault - not the speakers. Hey, Earth calling magnets!!!

You may want to double check your speakers, because as well as monitors, bad ones could affect floppy disks, flash-media cards, MRM brain-scan machines etc This is as well as the fact that they can _permanently_ damage monitors - so be careful!

mb