Monitor Won't Work

We have a compaq Pc with a CRT monitor. It's about mmm... 4-5 years old. Recently the monitor started making the screen look tinted yellow. As if you had put sunglasses over the front of the entire screen.

It's been doing that for about 3 months (at least that's what my dad says). So I gave it a good whack and it looked better, like normal. After turning the monitor off, and back on, the yellow tint on the entire screen is back, though sometimes goes back into correct colors on it's own.

Now all of the sudden I go to turn it on today and the monitor makes these wavy horiztical lines, than goes back to normal, than 15 mins later it goes bad again tinted yellow. Just before I went to write this to ask for help I turned the Pc on and the monitor now turns off and on over and over without showing anything on the screen. It's not the cable signal believe you me. I work with cables everyday and know it can't be the rgb cable. I've wiggled it around a million times, and cleaned off the pins to no adue. Please help us it's a CRT tube old style monitor, someone said to try moving the ram. But why? I guess I could try that. I can hear the Pc turn on fine over our speakers. You can hear the windows intro sound, and outdo sound when I force shutdown by holding the tower's power button which is the only way to turn the tower off and on since I can "see" anything.

But than why does the monitor turn on fine (although blank) when the pc tower is off with the green led on the monitor powered up and than going orange (still led) without power cycling itself?

But if the Pc tower is on and than you turn the monitor on it just continuously power cycles itself endlessly as if your hitting the power button on and off over and over again on the monitor! (green led turning off and on with sound of monitor literally turning off and on)

How do I fix this? Or do I need to buy a new monitor?

 

That's a new monitor in my book. You're lucky as mine did the BSOD(BLUE SMOKE OF DEATH) which seemed poisonous. It started turning colors after turning it on but a cold power on fixed it for another 15 min. for a couple of weeks but that last time really hit.:eek

 

Wow I've heard of that "Blue poison of death" before. What exactly is it? Some sort of chemical smoke? Why does that happen to some pc monitors and not all when they die and go to Pc heaven?

Also what do you mean by... You did a cold start? Does that mean u put your monitor outside to get cold than plugged it back in? I'd be willing to try that just to make sure it's the monitor and not the onboard graphics (which I don't think it is anyways), because I am abroad far away and don't have anywhere to get a spare monitor to test, other than buying a new one.

 

I dunno if poison or not but one whiff sent me out of the room real fast! I think it's the varnish that's breaking down on the yoke, controls where the beam is aimed. By cold start all I did was wait for 1/2 hr. Since monitor doesn't even turn on then I'd say it's your problem.My CRT was built in '85 so perhaps you have better protection. A bad video card will not stop it from turning on. See if it turns on/off without the cable connected.

 

I got a monitor and it works great. Thanks so much for your help my friend I owe you one. I love this site you guys have always been a good family to me. I thought it was the monitor myself but just wanted to converse with my peers for a second opinion. I don't think too much of myself when it comes to computers. Speaking amongst eachother also helps us all stay "sharp".


PROBLEM SOLVED

 

It never hurts getting a second opinion and can save you cash at times too.

 

Truth is my mothers friend spoke to her on the phone, got wind of the situation, and brought by her 2nd hand crt screen she doesn't use anymore. Monitor works fine, but boy is it somewhat blurry. Does anyone know how I can sharpen a monitor that has no sharpen settings on the front buttons?

I've tried the generic display properties in xp's desktop menu. But no where can I find a sharpen setting. It's an onboard video card... It could use some sharpening as the text is somewhat blurry. It's an XPX branded monitor so being that no one's ever heard of that brand I'm not surprised!

 

You might have a hardware set screw on the back for the focus, not sure. Anyways, that CRT sounds like it's on it's way out too. Any change if you keep it on for a few hours?