Computer Problem - Monitor Colors Bleeding?

[Tom Treutlein]

Okay, so I bought a new monitor, 'cause my old one was retarded. Five days after being out of the box, after having a bright and vivid picture, it went very dull. Foggy, bleeding colors. Whenever there's white, a black shadow traces over it.

Figuring it was just defective, since one in every five or so get tested for quality assurance, it probably slipped through. Exchanged it for a new one. Plugged the new one in - Bam. Same problem. Tried it on another computer and it worked fine. This leads me to believe it's a problem with my video card.

Now, I scanned my comp for viruses, and don't know of any that would do this. I had the side panel off my computer for awhile. I doubt the dust that built up in there would've fucked it up, since I cleaned most of that out (and it's not like it was even a large amount).

Now I'm stuck with a screen that hurts to look at. I adjusted the contrast and brightness, it's not near anything magnetic, I got the latest drivers available, and the picture randomly just died. I shut the monitor off this morning (yesterday morning, technically), and went in the shower. Came out, turned it on, and it was like this.

I have no idea what it could be, or what I should do. This is a 3.5 year old computer, with a 32 mb nVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 graphics card.

 

[GoldenDelicious]

try updating the drivers on your vid card, though your problem seems strange to me. usually vid cards just die, or monitors do (a color drops out completely, or it wont power up, or one of the horizontal/vertical circuits dies) but from what youve said, your vid card is fine, and so is the monitor...just not together therefore, update drivers on each of them, and try that.

also, someone is bound to have had the same drama, so google the model of each together and see what you get popping up

cheers

 

[chrisoh]

is there anything magnetic (speakers) close to the monitor? if not, its broken, get a new one.

 

[Tom Treutlein]

What I don't get is, how was it working fine for five days straight, nothing new was downloaded, nothing changed, and then it just skitzed out on me? I don't see how that could've been a driver issue, since it worked fine in the first place. I'm not inclined to believe something died out. Maybe not, though.

I hate technology when you don't understand it.

 

[CipherLock]

Read Chris H's post?

 

[Tom Treutlein]

Read his post? Did either of you read my post? Plugged it into a different computer and it worked perfectly. Picture wasn't distorted in the least. Jesus, ridiculous.

 

[saint808]

try the normal stuff, degauss it, but magnets will cause discoloration not shadows. also as said re-install your drivers. Do you have another vido card to try in that cpu where it is doing this?

 

[Tom Treutlein]

I was going to just buy a new one. There's this one here on NewEgg for $33, 64 mb card. Double what I have now, and it's dirt cheap.

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductdesc.asp?description=14-127-128&depa=1

I don't know if that's the problem, though. I'm also not sure if it's compatible with my system. I'm not a big computer buff, so I don't know if there would be any compatability issues.

 

[GoldenDelicious]

oh it worked for 5 days then shat itself? must have missed that part

sorry bor i dunno. i doubt its a driver thing since the drivers would still be screwed from the first time, and the new monitor wouldnt have worked. seems to me more like something about your vid card is doing something to the monitor (not the other way around)

good luck

 

[Tom Treutlein]

Then would buying that video card listed be a good idea?

 

[LoneTree]

One way to check for software problem is to start windows in 'safe mode'.
If in safe mode it works right, the problem is with software. Otherwise, it may be hardware.
'Safe-mode' is also a diagnostic feature in windows. Many times just running windows in safe mode, and then restarting in normal mode will solve the problem.
Update the driver by logging on the site of the manufacturer of your video card.