Monitor turning Yellow[Help]

[tittat]

I have a17" CRT monitor.
I dont know why but now my screen is turning yellow as soon as it switched ON.sometimes when i gave it a smack,the color restores.
I checked the connector pins and found nothing wrong.
Oppps What could be wrong??? Any idea???

 

[peejay]

It definitely sounds as though the blue line is dodgy, and, if giving it a smack cures it, it sounds like either a dodgy connection or a dry joint somewhere

 

[tridge]

Agreed, your technology is getting old ;(

 

[Spartan Erik]

Has it been exposed to a strong magnet? Does degaussing it fix it?

If not, and only hitting it fixes it, it's likely your CRT is going kaput.

 

[tittat]

Has it been exposed to a strong magnet? Does degaussing it fix it?

If not, and only hitting it fixes it, it's likely your CRT is going kaput.

It has nothing to do with Degaussing.
Sometimes the colors restores automatically after working for a while (say 1 hour).So does it has anything to do with the temperature??

 

[TheMan177]

You mentioned it goes yellow straight away, does it do the same after the monitor has been left off for a fair while?

If you're confident the connection is fine, try another cable, assuming it is not built into the monitor.

 

[GBH187]

it sounds like a broken cable,

that or your urinating on it

 

[Sohail]

Perhaps it's just old now and needs to be changed, not many people use CRTs nowadays...

 

[GamingX]

I have a17" CRT monitor.
I dont know why but now my screen is turning yellow as soon as it switched ON.sometimes when i gave it a smack,the color restores.
I checked the connector pins and found nothing wrong.
Oppps What could be wrong??? Any idea???

I banged up my monitor real bad before this new monitor. Had the same problem as yours. A pale yellow colour screen, used to smack it to restore the colour. Had to give it to a repair guy but didn't do much. In the end had to throw it out.

 

[Livewire]

Mine is similar on my dead system; bad connection at the video card oddly enough. Cept it dyes the screen Cyan (bright blue like this smiley: ) instead of yellow.

Fixed that by replacing the entire computer. Overkill but it worked


If you can get access to another CRT temporarily, try that. If it turns out the new CRT has the same problem, I'd check the video card before sinking $ into a new monitor.

 

[fempower]

My monitor did that, then sometimes cyan, and sometimes magenta. Then it stayed pretty much black for a long time (except you could see something on the screen in the dark with a little bit of light coming from the other room), and it would take several times switching on and off to get it readable. Eventually, it just died altogether and I had to dig out an old one. It could die at any time so be prepared and just have another one ready. CRTs are old and cheap, or you could get a cheap LCD. Repairing your current monitor might not be worth the cost.

 

[Doppelgangergang]

This happened to my old TV once...

I have a toy mallet (soft ones) and smacking the top usually fixes it.

 

[Smith6612]

I hate it when CRTs act up, but yet again I hear high pitched noises from CRTs so I don't like those kinds of TVs anyways. Computer monitors, I can't hear a thing from those unless they're cheap. Otherwise, try using another monitor to rule out a hardware issue. If it's not a hardware issue and is a monitor issue, I'd do some slight troubleshooting of the tube if you're experienced in those kinds of things (don't disassemble anything!) or better yet, go treat yourself to a Widescreen LCD display.