Can I change green to another color?

[greenring7]

I have the monitor that everyone hates. After being on from anywhere from 5 minutes to 5 hours, it looses all green and gains a purplish cast.

I have checked the connection from monitor to videocard, and I can find nothing wrong with the connection. So that leaves some part of the monitors internals messed up. I'm thinking either a failing electron gun or a bad soilder.

So, as I live in Alabama (read: Hell) where no one knows how to fix monitors, is there a hex edit or some other hack to force all calls to green show as another color? This would be real handy for DirectX games, and would also make browsing the internet a LOT better...

-Robert

[Garfield]

You checked the pins and made sure that they were all intact and working??? That same thing was happening to me, except it would turn a rancid shade of unbearable green. Bad pins. Otherwise, I guess It's just the monitor.

--Garfield

[greenring7]

Well, I've checked the pins, and they seem normal. There could be something wrong with them, but if there is, how would I replace them? Every monitor I've seen (including this one) have connection cables that are permanetly attached.

Is the attachment able to be undone, without resoildering anything? Is there a way to clean or repair pins on the connection?

And is there a hack that will let me change the color green to something else? Either on the directx part and/or the normal 2d stuff.

-robert

[David]

I think that a hack would mean getting the source and recompiling it - not worth it.

My advice is buy a new monitor.

[greenring7]

Well, seeing as how I'm running Winblows, that would kinda suck...

But monitors are expensive! I'm poor! I guess I'll have to spend my pell grant cash on it.

-bob

[David]

Have you tried lowering your refresh rate? say 60Hz at 640x480

[Garfield]

That's another thing. Maybe it "burned" out. How old is it??? The screen and pixels will "wear out" with time. How old is the monitor? That is probably it. Just a color bit is done for, or something.

--Garfield

[dugans]

The first monitor I bought new was a great big 14", 1024x768 monster.....Had that thing 6 or 7 years. Colors got splotchy now and then the last 2 yrs, but worse was the shut off: At random times it would just STOP displaying. The fix: hit it on top. When that stopped working I hit it on the side......and on.

The last 6 months I had it, I needed to haul off with a right, straight into the crt!!! Then I bought a new monitor.


Might work, just be careful hitting the tube-(be smarter than me!<LOL>)

[greenring7]

Well, hitting the monitor is not working. ;)

I believe that the loss of green has something do with heat, as if the room is hot when I start up the monitor it looses green quickly. On the other hand, if the room is cold, it'll keep green for a while longer.

As for how old it is, I do not know. I bought this monitor used. The monitor is an ASTVision 7L. The back of it is marked 1995,1996. Any ideas?

-Robert

[SteenkyBastage]

hey robert,

if you think heat is an issue, i might suggest rigging up a cooling device to your monitor. also, check and make sure there isn't a large collection of dust blocking the airholes in the monitor's case.

provided the airholes are unobstructed (no dust, books, or other air blocking devices), you could try to create some sort of fan that would force air thru the monitor itself. which would keep it much cooler, in theory. i've seen articles on people doing this before, but i dont have a link yet to one.

i'll dig around and see if i can come up with one.

hope this helps!

[greenring7]

I've seen what you are referring to.

It would take a roll of tape, some molex power extenders, and Y-Splitter (or I suppose I could get my old AT power supply) a few large fans... hmm.... yea.. I could do it, I'd need to buy the fans and the tape (I have several old AT power supplies).

If I'm to do this, they fans would be mounted they top air slots...
Should they blow air in or out? Any suggestions?

-Robert

[Gresyth]

Originally posted by greenring7
Well, hitting the monitor is not working. ;)

I believe that the loss of green has something do with heat, as if the room is hot when I start up the monitor it looses green quickly. On the other hand, if the room is cold, it'll keep green for a while longer.

As for how old it is, I do not know. I bought this monitor used. The monitor is an ASTVision 7L. The back of it is marked 1995,1996. Any ideas?

-Robert

Try here (http://www.monitorworld.com/Monitors/ast/astvision7l.html)
same site - Ask the Tech Guys (http://www.monitorworld.com/question.html)

After a Google search I suggest upgrading to that 19" you've been drooling over.

[SteenkyBastage]

Originally posted by greenring7
I've seen what you are referring to.

It would take a roll of tape, some molex power extenders, and Y-Splitter (or I suppose I could get my old AT power supply) a few large fans... hmm.... yea.. I could do it, I'd need to buy the fans and the tape (I have several old AT power supplies).

If I'm to do this, they fans would be mounted they top air slots...
Should they blow air in or out? Any suggestions?

-Robert

well, if you're talking more than one fan, i'd probably have one fan on the side or bottom (depending on where the air holes are in the monitor case) blowing into the monitor, and the other fan on the (other) side or top drawing air out. that would force air thru the monitor.

i'd probably also suggest trying to have the fan sit an inch or two off the monitor's case. you'd then have to find a way to mount it that way, as well as put trim around it to make it airtight and pull only the air from inside the monitor.

good luck!

we're into monitor cooling, LOL.
tomorrow's lesson: how to watercool your mouse & keyboard!

[Vovan]

Ask your friend (or a pcshop) for the video card and try with it.
Something wrong may happen with DAC chip.