PA Bear
January 6th 04, 08:24 PM
>> If you switch monitors and the red goes away, the old monitor is
>> probably about to die.
--
~PA Bear
tjmnavynuke wrote:
>> I plugged that computer into the monitor I am using now and this monitor
>> is fine but when plug in computer in question the red haze is on the
>> screen.
>>
>> ----- PA Bear wrote: -----
>>
>> See this archived (March 2000) thread from Win98 General Discussion:
>>
>> http://snipurl.com/3jua
>>
>> (problem with the cable or the plug; unsheilded speaker too close to
>> monitor)
>>
>> If you switch monitors and the red goes away, the old monitor is
>> probably about to die.
>>
>> (All of his red crayons and markers aren't missing, are they?)
>> --
>> HTH...Please post back to this thread
>>
>> ~Robear Dyer (aka PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP
>>
>> Protect Your PC
>> http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
>>
>> tjmnavynuke wrote:
>> >> On my sons computer (was win 98 SE) he started having a red
>> shaded >> screen. He's 3 so he cant tell me what he did. I messed
>> around with some >> of the display settings but nothing changed
>> with it. I updated to XP >> (his doesnt have internet access
>> either) no help. I tried to reformat >> the hard drive but it
>> freezes during the set up. What I do to reformat >> is, install XP
>> disk, restart and boot from disk and then it freezes >> 30-45
>> seconds later in setup. What the red screen is is like a tinting >>
>> over the screen and when certain windows dialogue boxes open those
>> are >> normal until i drag the cursor over them and it shades it
>> red when I >> drag the cursor over an area. Most all of the screen
>> starts out all red >> though. I checked cursor settings, display
>> settings but not sure what to >> look for. I didnt think that any
>> setting could do this to a screen. I >> can see everything through
>> the tinting but... it is quite visually >> annoying. To get an
>> idea, just think of placing red celophane plastic >> over your
>> montior screen. Thats what it looks like all the time. It >> doesnt
>> do it during the XP loading screen so I know its not my monitor. >>
>> No special graphics card have been installed. Any help would be greatly
>> >> appreciated. email address is without ( ) info. just for spam
>> purposes.
>> probably about to die.
--
~PA Bear
tjmnavynuke wrote:
>> I plugged that computer into the monitor I am using now and this monitor
>> is fine but when plug in computer in question the red haze is on the
>> screen.
>>
>> ----- PA Bear wrote: -----
>>
>> See this archived (March 2000) thread from Win98 General Discussion:
>>
>> http://snipurl.com/3jua
>>
>> (problem with the cable or the plug; unsheilded speaker too close to
>> monitor)
>>
>> If you switch monitors and the red goes away, the old monitor is
>> probably about to die.
>>
>> (All of his red crayons and markers aren't missing, are they?)
>> --
>> HTH...Please post back to this thread
>>
>> ~Robear Dyer (aka PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP
>>
>> Protect Your PC
>> http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
>>
>> tjmnavynuke wrote:
>> >> On my sons computer (was win 98 SE) he started having a red
>> shaded >> screen. He's 3 so he cant tell me what he did. I messed
>> around with some >> of the display settings but nothing changed
>> with it. I updated to XP >> (his doesnt have internet access
>> either) no help. I tried to reformat >> the hard drive but it
>> freezes during the set up. What I do to reformat >> is, install XP
>> disk, restart and boot from disk and then it freezes >> 30-45
>> seconds later in setup. What the red screen is is like a tinting >>
>> over the screen and when certain windows dialogue boxes open those
>> are >> normal until i drag the cursor over them and it shades it
>> red when I >> drag the cursor over an area. Most all of the screen
>> starts out all red >> though. I checked cursor settings, display
>> settings but not sure what to >> look for. I didnt think that any
>> setting could do this to a screen. I >> can see everything through
>> the tinting but... it is quite visually >> annoying. To get an
>> idea, just think of placing red celophane plastic >> over your
>> montior screen. Thats what it looks like all the time. It >> doesnt
>> do it during the XP loading screen so I know its not my monitor. >>
>> No special graphics card have been installed. Any help would be greatly
>> >> appreciated. email address is without ( ) info. just for spam
>> purposes.