so i woke up this morning and all of a sudden my moniitor is different colors. the center of the screen is ok but the edges are a green and purple tint. im assuming my monitor has gone bad just like an old tv that starts to discolor around the edges...whats the consensus on this?

5/31/2006 11:17:43 AM

Degauss

you probably had a magnet too close to it

5/31/2006 11:18:22 AM

i thought about that but there arent any anywhere close to it...my tvis about four or five feet away and i dont even watch it that much...

5/31/2006 11:22:25 AM

how long have you had the monitor? if its gotten years and years of use it might've gone bad

also depending on your need for the computer you might try powering it down for a couple days and seeing if you notice a difference

also like Kris mentioned, might be some type of magnetic interference...any new devices near the monitor?

5/31/2006 11:26:31 AM

just degauss anyway, it won't take but about 2 seconds, then you'll know if it was a magnet or not.

5/31/2006 11:33:14 AM

sorry im not very good with computers...what does degauss mean?

5/31/2006 11:36:34 AM

its a button on your monitor or an option in your monitor setup

it will "refresh" your monitor if you will

5/31/2006 11:45:42 AM

just keep pushing all the buttons on your monitor untill it flashes and makes a click and it's fixed

5/31/2006 2:00:12 PM

How close is your microwave to your monitor (if you are in a dorm)?

And yes, age can play a huge on monitors. I've had some last 10+ years, others die in 5. YMMV.

5/31/2006 4:41:00 PM

sweet...just got home from work and found the degauss thing and it worked


thank god for computer people!!

5/31/2006 10:54:40 PM

^haha we do what we can

6/1/2006 2:54:10 AM

what happened was probably that the magnets might not be near it but it might be that the magnetic field as weak as it is could have slowly worn away your monitor a little bit affecting it.
its a good idea to degauss every year or so anyway.

6/1/2006 11:33:49 AM