Lost the Colour Red

[mrstipple]

OOOOPs!!!! I have lost the colour red on my pc. This is why people who know nothing about pc's should not mess.

 

I have tried all my connections, turned off everything and re booted the computer still no joy.

 

I have checked the properties on my computer and in devisce manager I have 2 exclamation marks

 

Hard Disk Controller - secdondary IDE controller (dual fifo)

 

the first two in the hard disk controller section look ok

 

PCMCIA Socket - PCIC or compatible PCMCIA controller

 

How can I get everything back to normal - or as normal as I can get my old faithful machine.

 

Many thanks in advance for the help. I do try to sort first before I ask but get nowhere.

[Match]

Hi Mr stipple or is it mrs tipple

 

Sorry its taken so long for you to get a reply :o

 

Could you tell us if your problem is you don't have the colour red on your Monitor

 

or you don't have the colour red when you print something?

 

If its on your monitor could you tell us the make and model, and

 

what graphics card you have, or

 

If its your printer could you tell us the printer make and model,

 

and could you tell us what colours you see below

 

They should be left to right :- White,Yellow,Magenta,Red,Cyan,Green,Blue and Black

 

http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~sjs/research/colour_bars.png

Edited March 24, 2009 by Match

[mrstipple]

No problems on the delay. Turned the computer off in the end.

 

It is with the monitor - I just havent got the colour red. On your list I couldnt see the red stripe.

 

I have a packard bell monitor - as for the other you asked - pass. Sorry I am a bit slow when it comes to computers. It is rather old and outdated but suits me for now. If you let me know wher to look for the information I will get it for you.

 

It was working great til I moved my computer. Unplugged all the wires then plugged them back in and no red.

 

Any help much appreciated.

 

Mrs Tipple

[mrstipple]

PS The colours I can see are

White yellow blue black white yellow blue black

 

Think I might be missing more than red !!!!!!

[Match]

OK first Check that the colour settings on your monitor are set right, I can't tell you how because you haven't told me what monitor you have?

 

if they are ok next try

 

right click on your desk top, should get a little square menu box open

 

Click on Nvidia Control Panel

 

look top left corner,should be a +-Display, click on the +, should expand the menu,

 

click on Adjust desktop colour settings

 

top right hand corner there should be a Restore Defaults, click on that.

 

next click on the + next to Video and Television

 

Click Adjust Video Colour settings

 

top right hand corner there should be a Restore Defaults, click on that.

 

the above will only be there if you have Nvidia Drivers installed. to give you the exact way to do it I need the Graphics Card Details for your machine but this should work as a rough guide

[Match]

Sorry missed your first post, Packard Bell Monitor

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Is this a big old CRT monitor MrsTipple?

[mrstipple]

Yes - well at least I think it is. Very old.

[Dalo Harkin]

Unplug the lead and check the insides are clean.

Then reinsert the cable and make sure it is screwed in (dont overdo it or next time it will pull the retainers too)

[Guest Wolfeymole]

This is a CRT monitor.

 

http://www.made-in-china.com/image/2f0j00UBQTbohJgLcVM/15-inch-Normal-CRT-Monitor-with-SONCAP-Certificate-CMS1503-.jpg

 

This is a TFT monitor

 

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_50rv3AgzGA8/R_nFZjgBeqI/AAAAAAAAB5U/LGXz3n4nh8Q/s400/LG_Flatron_L197WH_S%2B_19in_TFT_Monitor.jpg

 

Which do you have?

 

If it is the first link then the Red "gun" in the cathode ray tube has died.

 

Time for a new monitor MrsTipple.

[mrstipple]

Many many thanks for all your replies and help. I broke the computer !!!! One of the metal pins in the connection had broken off.

 

I know I shouldnt mess but I am a female who can't leave things alone.

 

Managed to borrow a monitor due to lack of funds but when I am looking to purchase a new set up I will be asking for advice again.

[Diurno]

Nice to know that you have solved your problem.

 

We will be waiting paciently for more questions from you!

[thewetcats]

have sAme problem as lady, its not the plug thats broken

 

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i lost red with a nvidia driver/video card. its not the monitor because if you can access the monitor's menu on its front panel and go to display the icons they use have red in them and it shows perfectly.so its something with the nvidia. i had to reboot from scratch and was adding new programs and midi instruments and it happened on a day i added Cakewalk sonar's xt demo, an m audio midi keyboard(which when i tried to install with a diskl it warned me of possible instability,so i just plugged it in without running install and it recognized it and was ready to go,maybe it installed drivers on its own? I don't know how that works) and a freeware softsynth,so lots of possibilitiesvfor corruption.but i know it not that she had an old monitor cause mine is old too and i can only get red by pressing th4e menu button on the monitor.i hope she didn't waste money on a new one,anyway, any ideas? i put service pack 3 on the 6 hours before this happened as well(onto window xp media edition).it actually came back after turning off then on the thrid time,but then it lost red again as i went on the internet.it almost seemed like it coincided with me dragging a softsynth in sonar's multidock which tints the exact shade of blue that covers the screen when you hold on object over it.come to think of it, the white on the screen has a blue tint,so either theres a blue tint over everything making red seem black or the lack of red to mix into white leaves white with a bluish tint.

[Plastic Nev]

Hi thewetcats.

Please post your question in the graphics section of our hardware forums, this is a very old thread and nothing on it is actually relevant to your problem as far as I can see.

Post again where it should be please and either myself or other members will help. Here in this section it will be ignored.

 

Nev.