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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: braddr on March 04, 2006, 10:20:13 AM

Title: monitor starting to flicker/turn blue tinted
Post by: braddr on March 04, 2006, 10:20:13 AM

I have a 17 inch Gateway monitor which is about ten years old.  I have been using Windows XP for the past couple of years on a Dell, Pentium III computer which is about 3 or 4 years old.  Lately, the monitor has "flickered" to a blue tint and stayed blue tinted for a minute or two, then turns back to normal.  Anyone have any ideas?

Title: Re: monitor starting to flicker/turn blue tinted
Post by: GX1_Man on March 04, 2006, 12:06:34 PM

10 years of use is certainly fair. It may just be preparing to die and showing it's old age. No user servicable parts, and the cost of a repair would outweigh the value of it. Use it till it drops.  ;)

Title: Re: monitor starting to flicker/turn blue tinted
Post by: pcdoc4christ on March 04, 2006, 05:12:51 PM

Braddr:

GX1 is likely right.  Just in case, check that the data cable from the monitor to the computer is securely connected, as a loose connection may also cause the symptoms you describe.

Doc