need monitor help

Apr 23, 2004
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i have a 19" nokia 446xs crt .25mm dot pitch monitor and all of a sudden the screen just went blank. the computer was still working because i could hear the sound that was playing before the monitor went blank. the monitor was also on, just blank. i made sure it was connected securely and tried replugging it in and turning it off and on and it still was blank. i also tried restarting the computer. nothing worked. even when i just turned the moniter on and the computer was off, it was completely blank.

so i unplugged everything and moved the cord in the back around a little. then i replugged it all back on. it is now working but the screen has a blue tint. i moved around the back cord again but it didn't seem to help. i made sure the settings for colour on the monitor were on default but it still has the blue tint. does anyone know what's going on and how to fix this? thanks.

also, things that are supposed to be green are yellow and things that are supposed to be red are black. everything else just has a blue tint.
 

GullyFoyle

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If your monitor has one of those video cables that is removable at both ends, you could try another cable to see if it sustained damage. Otherwise, it sounds like one of the electron guns (the red one) in the monitor has gone south.
No TV repairman is going to be able to (want to) diagnose and fix your monitor over these forums.

At least your monitor still sort of works, and you can use your computer until you get a new monitor.

My Gateway 19" Diamondtron simply turned off and won't come back on (22 months old). I just ordered a new NEC/Mitsubishi Diamondtron with a three year warranty. (~$250)
 
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wow, something really weird is happening now. the colours seem to be coming back. i can see red again and yellow is now only a little green. red seems completely normal now but i checked it a few hours ago and it was a sort of blackish red, whereas this morning it was completely black. this is so weird, does anyone know what's going on?