Video card or monitor problem? I have an IPS monitor that I use with my PC tower. The 4 year old monitor is now showing a green tint over 1/3 of the screen and a weird texture like the...

Chris981 Loc: Pacific Palisades

I have an IPS monitor that I use with my PC tower. The 4 year old monitor is now showing a green tint over 1/3 of the screen and a weird texture like the screen is being displayed on a fabric. I am thinking it is the monitor but want to be sure it is not a video card issue. We have two lap tops but they don't have a video out or HDMI out to check out the monitor with another computer. Any thoughts on how to sort this question out?
Thanks,
Chris

lautenk2

Chris981 wrote:

I have an IPS monitor that I use with my PC tower. The 4 year old monitor is now showing a green tint over 1/3 of the screen and a weird texture like the screen is being displayed on a fabric. I am thinking it is the monitor but want to be sure it is not a video card issue. We have two lap tops but they don't have a video out or HDMI out to check out the monitor with another computer. Any thoughts on how to sort this question out?
Thanks,
Chris

Are you sure about that? I haven't seen a laptop that can't use an external monitor since like 1990. Maybe have somebody at your local Fry's take a look at your laptops to see if they have the proper cable (I miss Fry's now, having moved to Colorado). My local Fry's used to be the one in Manhattan Beach, which wasn't even an especially large one, but they seemed to have every type of PC cable/adapter ever made.

Try setting the video card on your PC tower to some different resolutions or different color settings to see if that affects the green tint.

Or, do you have a DVD player or cable TV box or Fire TV stick with an HDMI output that could display something/anything on your monitor? Even at the lower resolution of TV you should be able to see the green tint.

It's probably a monitor problem. Good Luck.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Can a friend bring over a laptop that has a video out connector?

Chris981 Loc: Pacific Palisades

Good suggestions! Thanks!

Chris981 Loc: Pacific Palisades

Friend brought over lap top and we confirmed it is monitor. Researching buying new monitor.
Thanks.

bobbyjohn Loc: Dallas, TX

lautenk2 wrote:

Maybe have somebody at your local Fry's take a look at your laptops to see if they have the proper cable (I miss Fry's now, having moved to Colorado). My local Fry's used to be the one in Manhattan Beach, which wasn't even an especially large one, but they seemed to have every type of PC cable/adapter ever made.

Fry's? Fry's? Fry's...I guess you haven't heard about the Fry's business over the last year all over the country. Their shelves are virtually empty...not restocking anything...and oddly enough they are not discounting anything still there...no customers anymore... The few remaining employees (or temp employees) there have been instructed by the boss to say that Fry's is not going out of business...but when you go into a Fry's let your eyes speak for themselves.

Just Google: "Fry's out of business" and you'll find a ton of websites about the Fry's situation.

For some videos try: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=fry%27s+going+out+of+business

Yup, I mess them too...they were good when they were in business.

Chris981 Loc: Pacific Palisades

I loved Fry's. That is a loss. I used to buy electronic parts there for my other hobby, ham radio. Parts hard to come by as everything has gone to IC's and surface mounted components. Very hard to build anything yourself these days.

lautenk2

Chris981 wrote:

I loved Fry's. That is a loss. I used to buy electronic parts there for my other hobby, ham radio. Parts hard to come by as everything has gone to IC's and surface mounted components. Very hard to build anything yourself these days.

Sad.

So, what kind of monitor are you getting?

Chris981 Loc: Pacific Palisades

I think an LG 27" IPS narrow frame. Friends say calibration with Spyder is easy and stable output thereafter.
Not willing to go high end at $700 to $1,200 for the best. My GAS priority, at this time is lighting equipment like ProPhoto B-1 500 ws battery powered strobes and modifiers.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Chris981 wrote:

Friend brought over lap top and we confirmed it is monitor. .....

Excellent.

jefflane

BenQ 27 inch SW2700PTis only about $600 and no tax if you get it from B&H with Payboo. It is a grat monitor but probably harder to calibrate. I'm sure better than LG.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Chris981 wrote:

I have an IPS monitor that I use with my PC tower. The 4 year old monitor is now showing a green tint over 1/3 of the screen and a weird texture like the screen is being displayed on a fabric. I am thinking it is the monitor but want to be sure it is not a video card issue. We have two lap tops but they don't have a video out or HDMI out to check out the monitor with another computer. Any thoughts on how to sort this question out?
Thanks,
Chris

Check cables and connections FIRST. Remove and firmly reinsert cables. Use Deoxit or similar cleaner on the pins and sockets. Try a different cable, if you have one.

If you have a video card in a slot, pull it out, vacuum out the slot, blow off the card with compressed air, and reinsert it firmly.

Both of these have been solutions to monitor issues I’ve solved over the years.

As an ex-radio producer and AV producer, I can tell you that cables, connections, controls, and switches are the most likely failure points of electronics. Treat them kindly!

Chris981 Loc: Pacific Palisades

Excellent suggestion. I did have spare new HDMI cable that I used to see if it was the cable and still had the same issues with monitor. Everything points to monitor, now.
Thanks

bejamin Loc: South Texas

I have a Samsung U28D590 and it is GREAT! look to see if they have one that fits your GAS budget!