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Dual Monitors, One monitor has yellow tint (PIC)

JasonSix78

JasonSix78

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I just built this rig Friday night. I had my old rig running while I was assembling this one and the montiors were fine. After I connected everything up to the new rig, one of my monitors has a yellow tint to it:

Yellow Monitor

I switched the monitors on the back of my 6800GS between the VGA/DVI out and the yellow goes from one monitor to the other (whichever one is connected to the VGA out has the yellow). I've checked all my cables for good connection, re-seated my video card, updated BIOS, reset CMOS, tried running one monitor only off the VGA out but it's still the same. Is this video card bad? I would say it's a bad monitor cable but the monitors were both working fine when I had them hooked up to my old rig with a 6600GT.

Any help would be appreciated, I'm not sure whether I should return the card or try something else first.

-Jason

 
I've had some crappy dvi-vga adapters in my day- usually resulting in a pink tint. You probably have a messed up pin. If I were you, I'd chuck the adapter in question and just buy another.
 
I've seen this caused by bad pins in monitor cables/plug, adapters, and a broken plug on the vga input, try replacing whatever you got a backup for and work from there.

Hopefully (and most likely) it's the adapter. Many of the bundled adapters are the same as those 99 cent cheapos off of ebay. (Cost you around $16 at radioshack, not at BB or anywhere else I have locally)
 
It's not the output with the DVI adapter, it's the regular old VGA out on the card that causes the yellow. I also got down there with a flashlight and looked through every pin on the monitor cables and the VGA out and I haven't found any bent pins or any foreign debris inside the connection.

-Jason
 
Yes, that's correct. I just tried hooking up another monitor to the VGA out and it's yellow too, it's got to be something with this card. Unfortunately I don't have another PCIe card I can try. The only other card I have is an AGP 6600GT.

I guess I'll give Evga a call, anything else I can try?

-Jason
 
Yeah, looks like the blue signal is completely gone in that picture.

Look at the card itself and see if there is any broken solder leading up to the connector. Unless it's something really obvious and easy to repair, just RMA the card.
 
Originally posted by: JasonSix78
Yes, that's correct. I just tried hooking up another monitor to the VGA out and it's yellow too, it's got to be something with this card. Unfortunately I don't have another PCIe card I can try. The only other card I have is an AGP 6600GT.

I guess I'll give Evga a call, anything else I can try?

-Jason
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You've done all you can, put the ball in Evga's court.
 
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