My monitor has just turned green

[Optimus Prime]

I assume it's going to have to go to the heaven of monitors then?

RIP "VDU" you were a good monitor .

[osprey4]

Good monitor for a cow, if you need one. One of these days, my old CTX is going to do this and I'll be jumping for joy!!

[iNeb]

Has banging on it fixed anything?

[butch81385]

i actually fixed a monitor by dropkicking it onto gravel... but the screen was scratched afterwards.... . o well

[Steve R Jones]

Twelve gauge shotgun can do wonders.

But, does the monitor have a degauss button? Did you recently move any electrical/magnetic items close to it?

[Tomteriffic]

Strangely, a good whack can actually temporarily fix a monitor, as can the ol' dropkick. It's just oxidized contacts and the occasional cap or something that gets out of line.

Another possibility is unplugging and replugging the monitor, and, if it has a detachable cable at the monitor end, make sure and do that too. Sometimes those contacts just get oxidized and quit transmitting.

If you're particularly attached to the monitor, it may be worth a trip to the shop. One of my favorite Trinitrons did this sort of thing and simply had a couple of conductors in the cable that were shot. A new cable, (with the connectors on the inside of the case in this instance) did the trick. If it's in need of a new tube or flyback transformer (it doesn't sound like a flyback issue, though), well, the repair bill will be more than the monitor is worth, probably.

[Optimus Prime]

Originally posted by Steve R Jones
Twelve gauge shotgun can do wonders.

But, does the monitor have a degauss button? Did you recently move any electrical/magnetic items close to it?

No, no magnetic items have been near it, i always leave my speakers far away and my mobile phone either off or away from the monitor..

Nevermind, i'm getting a 17" Flatron tomorrow, out of my hard earned cash nontheless, I'm planning to build a new PC anyway, why not start now? .

Thanks for the help everyone anyway .

[Brainchild]

Drop it from the top of a water tower



And send us pics of course

[ben-the-slacker]

What's your vid card?
Sometimes the monitor goes green when the adapter isn't seated in right/vid card dying. Go to the back of your box and jiggle the monitor adapter a little, either up or down. Keep your eyes on the monitor. It should go back to normal.

[Tomteriffic]

My brother is a ham radio operator. When he has a piece of gear go toes-up, he puts it about 15 yards out in the back yard and fills it full of holes from his .357 before it goes byebye

(Course, he has about 100 acres in the back yard.....)