Color Me Annoyed

[A. E. Lowan]

Yeah, so the color on my monitors turned to snot.

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[pmmg]

I cant see your attachment, but what you describe sounds like you have lost the red, or blue color. Green is the default, and has all the frame rate stuff in it, so if you lose green, you generally, dont get a picture.

Most likely cables, but maybe the monitor. Do you have more than one and as it green on both?

If you have a monitor with some bells and whistles, or a vid card with its own software, you might be able to adjust color with their tools, though I dont know why they would get unset.

Sorry its snot colored

 

[Naruzeldamaster]

IT here, have you tried turning it on/off again /silly

Joking aside I'm having similar tech problems, but for my speakers every DIY fix doesn't work.

Conspicuously it goes away entirely when my parents aren't using their TV/Their devices.

 

[skip.knox]

Another vote for cables. Back in the CRT days I encountered this when people would shove those huge monitors as far back on their desktop as they could, pinching the cable against the wall. They were astounded when a cable jiggle and scooting the monitor forward fixed it. Ah, the 1980s....

 

[A. E. Lowan]

If it were cables, my life would be good. I swapped them around and the disfunction followed the monitor and cared nothing for what cables were what. But, it's a good suggestion. Always nice when it's something simple.

 

[A. E. Lowan]

IT here, have you tried turning it on/off again /silly

Joking aside I'm having similar tech problems, but for my speakers every DIY fix doesn't work.

Conspicuously it goes away entirely when my parents aren't using their TV/Their devices.

Are they connected via Bluetooth or 2.4gh or cables? Bluetooth is a pain in the ass with line of sight issues, plus limits on how many devices it can carry... which makes me think you're hooked up via Bluetooth.

 

[Prince of Spires]

I vote for simply throwing this monitor out the window and getting a new one. Don't know how old it is of course, but sometimes they just kill themselves.

That, or accept life and go back to the 80's monochrome green on black monitor look...

 

[A. E. Lowan]

I had a _huge_ 20 inch CRT monitor in college. Weighed 45lbs.

Never again. lol

 

[Naruzeldamaster]

Are they connected via Bluetooth or 2.4gh or cables? Bluetooth is a pain in the ass with line of sight issues, plus limits on how many devices it can carry... which makes me think you're hooked up via Bluetooth.

Glad you liked my joke (I like dad jokes and this one seemed appropriate at the moment lol)
As for the speaker issue, my speakers are wired, I don't know what kind of cables they came with. They're a pair of Bose speakers I've had for about 6+ years (though audiophiles say the age should be irrelevant since the 3.5MM jack hasn't changed much) I eventually gave up trying to resolve the issue on my pc's built in sound card (It may or may not be defective) and ran my speakers through my monitor instead. If it's possible the speakers can output from 12 to 32 Bit and about 8 different varieties of Hertz for each volume.

Pros: Problem seems to have gone away entirely even while my parents are using their speakers/devices. (all of which are either bluetooth or wireless)
Cons: The speaker sound is a bit quieter in DB's factor (limited to 24 bit instead of 32 bit) but as an aside the sound is much clearer/crisper with a slight cost of the base not being as good.

I hope your screen issue gets fixed soon, if you end up needing repairing or replacing, I'd advise against Geek Squad. Part of it is overpriced for what they do. But they're also focused on getting in as many customers in a day as they can. I'm sure it's not their technicians fault (Most of them that I've talked to seem to know their stuff) It seems like they're pressured to get 'jobs' done as "efficiently" as possible. The ACTUAL geek squad is focused on turnaround, not solving tech issues. Which probably sucks for the workers who actually love the job.