Ok, so I wake up.. I go to my computer and it's making some weird noise. So (as you do) I thump it (hammer style) with my fist and it stops making the noise.Great! So I turn the monitor on (as I turn the monitor off, but not the computer when I go to bed) and it is displaying nothing. So I reset the computer, and when I turn it back on it displays nothing and says: "BEEEEP BEEEEP BEEEEP". So I think... "Hmmmm.. Thumping it stops it from making noises every other time!". So I turn it off and on a few more times; "BEEEEP BEEEEP BEEEP! --- BLAH BLAH BLAH!" So I take the monitor off the computer and open it up. I think: "Well maybe I thumped something loose?". So I pused the CPU and Fan down, because it looked kind of wobbly. I reset the computer and .. "BLINK"; my monitor comes back on. Cool! ..so I close the computer up, put the monitor back up and perch in my chair with a hot coffee (which is all I wanted to do in the first place). ..then I notice that the right hand side of my monitor (you know, the screen) has gone green. You know like when you put a magnet near a monitor? Yeah well - it's just like that, except I didn't put no magnet near the monitior and it was fine last night. I can think of 2 possible explanations: 1). I get abducted by aliens sometimes (yeah). Maybe their UFO antigravitational feilds interfered with my computer? Maybe they ruined my screen? 2). Maybe when I hit the computer I let off some sort of high energy discharge and sucked all the pixels to one side of the monitor? If it's not one of those two things, then I'm stumped. I need more ideas. Why could my monitor have gone green down one side? I'm not having a good morning
although they are responsible for alot there are plenty of reasons this could happen. What type of monitor do you use?
Sounds like you knocked your video card loose. You should try taking it out and re seating it. Then you should check you VGA connector on both ends. If it comes 1/4 out the port on the back of the PC or the Monitor it can cause color distortion. If it is the monitor that is the problem I have one sitting here you can have if you cover shipping costs
Well, I have a Dell GX270 with a Dell 17" Monitor. It looks EXACTLY like someone put a big magnet near the screen. Except there is no magnet -- only 2 x $14.00 speakers one on each side, but those things have been there for years and never caused no damage. I have a big woofer under the desk, but that's over a meter away and that never caused nu harm in the hears it's been there. I have also taken my monitor off the computer and placed it on the chair many times before. It never went green before. Maybe when I thumped the computer I damaged a graphics card? Can a graphics card make a monitor go green?
Hurry because running it with a card seated wrong there is a slim chance of messing up other things as well
Well I opened the computer back up and it doesn't really have any cards Everything seems to be onboard. So I just pushed on a heap of things down harder (stuff that has connectors and cables and can be pulled off), tightened all the cords up in the back of the computer etc.. and when I turned it back on it was all good.. I think I'll stop hitting my computer.
well hitting the pc is fine you just have to always make sure not to hit it so hard you knock something loose. But now you know for next time If you hit it and the color changes you most likely knocked a cord/cable loose. And if something else goes wrong you may have knocked a ram chip loose or maybe even the ethermet card. If all your parts are on board you should consider upgrading video cards. Newegg has good ones for under $50
Well, actually I have a GeForce card that's sitting in another computer. I just can't be bothered trying to see if it will go on this computer. There's some extra sockets and stuff.. maybe later. I am going to get a new computer soon. This one is starting to get a little long in the tooth.
Hey arnt you that guy who was making thousands from writing T.O.S for compaines? Just go buy a 40" Samsung replacement monitor, Im sure it wont hurt your $100k budget...
Well, actually -- I've been SO busy, I haven't been able to get out to buy a new computer. It's real hard when you're making so much money you know? I think I will sell this computer on eBay and say that it has been held by aliens from Andromeda. That should pull in a nice few mil I think.
So you have a couple of things that are likely going on, first up, you havd a dying video card, almost certaily due to overheating. Sucks, but that is life and you'll probably need to replace it soon (as in immediately). The second thing that you probably have happening is that your hard drive is failing. Is there a clicking or grinding noise? If so, probably a hrad drive failing. If it is a high pitched whine, you might have a fan that is dying or clogged.
Aliens? Are you CRAZY?! There's no such thing. It was gremlins. Trust me . . . I know about these things.
Is that what that ugly thing with a stripe on its head was??? I thought it was just my cat having a bad hair day!
It was a bruise, you pumped that sucker too hard and bruised it, next time put some ice on it or give it a nice warm bath with some special salts, don't do it now though - because it sounds as though the bruising and swelling has already disappeared.
Happens to me all the time. Speakers are normally the cause, though the same thing happens when I hold a screwdriver to close to the monitor for too long. You most likely need to degauss it - so just try turning it off and on. If that doesn't work there should be buttons on the front of the monitor. Press the one that opens the menu, and use the arrows on the front of the monitor to find "degauss". I also use a Dell, and for me its under "Extra controls". If neither of those works, either a)Buy a new monitor or b)Retry, moving your speakers away. You can also do stuff with a soldering iron, but thats just not worth it.