Monitor Problem..its all Yellow!

[Shawn123456]

ok so 90% of the time my monitor is fine...but a few days..like today...it will just randomly and without warning make like a yellow screen on top of eveything..i can see everything..but its all tinted yellow!!..like someone put clear yellow ceran wrap on my screen..either it will naturally go away after some time or after a restart..i try turining the monitor off but no help..what should i do? i have a 9800Pro..monitor is a DELL 17inch flatscreen
thanx

[Ri0]

take it back and get one that doesn't have this problem if you still have warrenty.

[Shawn123456]

take it back and get one that doesn't have this problem if you still have warrenty.

this is the second monitor i have gotten from DELL..i had an old one..it had a different problem..i called them up..they gave me a new one cuz it was under warranty...so i have done that..and other suggestions?

[Ri0]

Unfortunately there really isn't anything else you can do but give them a call and see what they have to say. You don't have unshielded speakers near by right? It has to be a problem with the tube producing the colors.

[Pro*Banshee]

the blue electron gun is probably dying.

(flatscreen = flatscreen CRT?)

if it's an LCD, check your cables.
CRT? Give it a good whack, if that does the trick, the Gun is dying, if it doesnt do it, hit it a few more times, if it still doesnt work, check your cables.

If it's still under warranty, exchange it :D

[k_r_i_p_l_e_r]

yes you need to hit it, but eventually that will stop working too, i had an lg studio works monitor that died a similar death

[Shawn123456]

sorry i mean a flatpanel...

[Lat]

smack it again!

oh wait, it's an lcd :p yeah, if it isn't a cable problem, you probably should contact dell again

[qualhiveldorf]

looks like your blue channel is goin out try cleaning the pins on the connector, it might help, but im not sure.

[dark_15]

I was thinking it may be a bent pin or an unclean contact... check the pins on the cable and reseat it a couple of times...

[Dc5e]

you could always check if its your graphics card... same thing happened to my gf4mx, it turned yellow (blue channel went out). I tried mine on different monitors and went into the graphics settings and tried changing the channels and unfortunately the blue channel had no changes which meant it was dead

[Shawn123456]

i tried a CRT and it was fine..but it is still happening!! i dont really want to exchange it...i have a subwoofer which is like 3 feet away but that has been there for a while and this just started recently

[Shawn123456]

its still doing it..actually its yellow right now..and it is annoying!!

[redface]

the blue electron gun is probably dying.

(flatscreen = flatscreen CRT?)

if it's an LCD, check your cables.
CRT? Give it a good whack, if that does the trick, the Gun is dying, if it doesnt do it, hit it a few more times, if it still doesnt work, check your cables.

If it's still under warranty, exchange it :D

yeah, i got the same problem, my samsung 15GLi (good quality monitor for 8yrs) act similarly the last couple of weeks. It needed some good whacking everytime I turned it on. Finally...it passed away last night. :cry::cry: :cry: :cry:

[HungryForHertz]

I know what your problem is. It's a Dell.

[Pro*Banshee]

He's got a point, almost ALL of the 17" flat panels we ordered at the school died in one way or another.