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Moniter Gone Green!

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GimpyFuzznut

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I woke up this morning to find my moniter tinted a neon green. I tried restarting, replugging the moniter etc and the green tint and colour distortion wouldn't go away. Even connected to my other PC, the moniter was still freaking tinted green! I don't think I have a warranty left on the moniter but I really need to get it fixed. Sending it off to some place to get it repaired will probably cost more than a new moniter so... um, anyone know anything about moniter repair?

Its a generic moniter from Micron and I've had it for over 3 years I think. Maybe its time is over? 🙂
 
If its a Micron branded Samsung or Viewsonic and you are handy
with a soldering pencil, it can be fixed.

If its a Capetronic brand, forgitaboutit!
 
No brand names anywhere on it. All I know is that its a Micron 17FGx. If it was a Samsung or Viewsonic it would probably say somewhere... but no brand names anywhere on it.
 

if you have a spare monitor cable, you might want to try that one before replacing the monitor.
i had a case where someone dropped a file cabinet on their monitor cable and broke/shorted some of the wires inside, had the same symptoms.
good luck.
 
Its an ADI Micron branded monitor.

Its more than 4 years old (since they stopped making them for Micron)
Not worth the money to fix (unless you do it yourself).

 
try working down the signal cable a little bit at a time, bending it in different directions. If the tint goes away at some point, you have found the problem.

It is common for defects in signal cable to cause the monitor to show with either a green or purple tint.

If you are really into fixing stuff yourself, it is possible to change the signal cable, but strongly discouraged due to the high level of stored charges in any monitor. (Any person with electronics repair skill should be capable of replacing the signal cable on a monitor with the proper precautions)
 
I had this problem with my monitor cable. Something was wrong with it. So I would have to bend it to get the colors exactly right. Took some work. you could use SVGA cable to help in this. The worst is having this problem at LAN parties
 
Originally posted by: LiLithTecH
Its not the cable, guaranteed.

Its really not worth fixing do to the limited availability of parts.
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Could you fill me in on what it is. I would like to learn. 😉
 
The problem has to due with cold solder connections that
are done in the wave soldering process when it is manufactured.
Over time, from enviromental effects (heating and cooling, dust, moisture, etc.)
the connections open (creating either too high of a resistance or no contact).

Different manufacturer's have different problems in this process.

ADI, Viewsonic/OptiQuest/MAG, Samsung have problems in the Chroma circuit
(the board on the back of the gun(tube))

Sony, Toshiba, JVC, Goldstar to name a few have problems on the CRT Boards.
 
Thanks for the info. 🙂 I had a monitor turn blue once when water was poured into it. I let it set for a few days and it fixed it self. 🙂
 
i had a monitor tinting green a couple years ago....somehow one of the pins in the vga connector had bent, just took some needle nose pliers and VERY gently straightened it out
 
Originally posted by: LiLithTecH
Its not the cable, guaranteed.

Its really not worth fixing do to the limited availability of parts.
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Q1: How can you "guarantee" that it isn't the cable without testing it via the "bending" method?

Q2: If it was strictly cold solder joints, how do you figure part availability to be an issue? I can fix a whole lot of cold solder joints with a single roll of wicking braid, some fresh solder, a little bit of resin, and a hot soldering iron. Costs less than $10....

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Kartajan wrote:
Q1: How can you "guarantee" that it isn't the cable without testing it via the "bending" method?
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GimpyFuzznut wrote that he woke to find it was green, which meant it was working before.
Unless he is unplugging or moving the monitor often (which I assumed he doesn't) it is easy to rule the
cable out.

Q2: If it was strictly cold solder joints, how do you figure part availability to be an issue? I can fix a whole lot of cold solder joints with a single roll of wicking braid, some fresh solder, a little bit of resin, and a hot soldering iron. Costs less than $10....
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I was trying to do a brief (non-technical) description of the problem.
In the case of the ADI, it usually causes a few of the Resistor's & IC's to go bad as well.
A limited number suppliers stock them, which raises the cost of the IC's($25+).

So yes, if you have the test equipment and can fix it yourself, it maybe worth the $50+.
 
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