shrimply Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 Hi, my laptop has developed yet another issue. Whenever the screen is off, and turned back on it comes on with a red tint. I noticed about a week ago and the degree of redness seems to have worsened. At first I thought it was just my eyes playing tricks, now its quite definitely red. It does fade back to normal colours pretty quickly but I can't help thinking that its only going to get worse. Really what I need to know is if this is the first stages of the screen dying, and any predictions on how long it will be till its unusable. Or indeed if it will get worse. The truth is that I really need a new computer, and it will certainly not be a laptop, but I just can't afford one right now. This laptop is a bit under 2 years old and in my opinion should not be in the condition it is but there's not really much I can do about that. Anyway, cheers for the help. Quote Keeping Snakes Tips, Advice and info on keeping SnakesClick Here"If you're not living on the edge,you're taking up too much room"
Guest Wolfeymole Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 Have you tried hooking it to an external screen Shrimps to determine if it's either the laptop screen or the onboard graphics? Quote
Jelly Bean Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 Hello there. This could be gamma settings. If you are running NVIDIA control panel or ATI Catalyst then you should have already either software installed depending on what graphics card you have installed. If you do not have the software installed to corrispond with your graphics card download the updated drivers and software from either NVIDIA or ATI Radeon. Choose advanced options and check the settings. Or are you running and Intel? Quote Rwy'n ceisio fy ngorau......................
shrimply Posted July 13, 2009 Author Posted July 13, 2009 Hi, Wolfey, its the screen that's at fault, just had it hooked up to an external monitor and all is fine. It's intel graphics, but it does seem to be the monitor that's at fault. Quote Keeping Snakes Tips, Advice and info on keeping SnakesClick Here"If you're not living on the edge,you're taking up too much room"
Guest Wolfeymole Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 Ok It would be cheaper to get a new box than have the screen replaced I reckon Shrimps although others may disagree. Quote
shrimply Posted July 15, 2009 Author Posted July 15, 2009 Thanks, It'll be a case of running this until the screen doesn't work any more though :(. And then maybe I buy a decent monitor to use with the laptop until I can find the money for a new desktop. Nevermind, life goes on I guess. Quote Keeping Snakes Tips, Advice and info on keeping SnakesClick Here"If you're not living on the edge,you're taking up too much room"
Guest Wolfeymole Posted July 15, 2009 Posted July 15, 2009 You could probably buy a desktop cheaper than a lappy anyway Shrimps and they are far more versatile than a lappy, ie changing gpu's, memory etc. Quote
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