monitor probs

hello. one for the tecchies. my monitor jsut all of a sudden went to a purple/pink colour. i think one of the tubes in the back has gone. ive had the monitor about 5-6 years. is it cheaper to replace the tube or get a new one? the cheapest crt on ebuyer is £45. thanks.

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check the cables, i dont think the tubes suddenly go like that, its gradule (sp?)

Defo the cable - had this before. If it was the tube (as far as I know there is only one cathode ray tube in a a monitor) the whole pic would be fux0red.

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ok thanks. by checking the cable do you mean move it around abit? all the cabls are securely fitted. theres a little kink in it but thats always been there. i know its not the graphics card because i put another monitor on it and it was fine.

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A little kink can be enough to make a small wire inside the cable break. These rather inflexible monitor cables break comparatively easier then, say, a flexible mouse cable. If one of the RGB wires inside the cable is broken or if there is some loose connexion the display of colour will be corrupted

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oh arsemonkeys i bought a new monitor when me old one went purple

I hit it when it was purple, usually worked

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try the cable on another monitor & pc

ok i will try to hit it first and then ill put another cable on. its working fine its just that its all purple/pink!

its working now. thanks!

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/07/2005 12:04AM by rapid_f1.

mines gone all yellow, all i do it whack it over the top. i doubt it will brake as its a brick from about 1995

same i have a similar brick, although from 1997 :D, it often goes blue because the cable is fux0r3d (thats the right word aye?)

most the time i leave the screen blue cause it actually looks kinda cool

mind you im gonna have to get a new monitor soon, this one wont go about 1024x resolution and its maximum refresh rate is 80hz :\