Monitor Display effected by a power cut.

Question

Today, on the 23rd of december, our whole road had a power cut. This was while i was down stairs eating. When i get back upstairs and restart the computer, my whole monitor gives grey colours a pink tint.

I have tried Auto Adjust AND Factory Reset.. but NOTHING has changed it. I cant change the colour settings because i dont know how off the colours could be and i'd rather have it back the way it was.

Please, if you can help, i'm desperate.

tomintx · Answer

With the computer off, Turn off the monitor, unplug it for a few minutes. Then reconnect it and reboot your computer. Again reset monitor to factory settings from the OSD, If you continue to have a problem you described, then reboot in safe mode, and see whether display appears normal, albeit in very low resolution (big icons etc.) as it will run on the Windows default driver.  If so, then reinstall your video card driver as it may have become corrupted during the power outage. To avoid similar problems in the future a UPS is invaluable, many with stateful auto shutdown software, and cost less then $100.00. They are the best value investment you can make.  Good luck.

ItsMikeh · Answer

Thank you for replying. My monitor is not affected by any colours in the monitor's self check mode, i have disconnected / rebooted the monistor, along with rebooting the monitor in safe mode, which still displays greys as pink.

I guess there is no way to fix this other than to order a new monitor?
regards,
mike.

tomintx · Answer

Have you performed the monitor self test?  Disconnect the signal cable from the monitor (DVI or analog) or PC, turn on monitor and perform self test. Reference your user guide for your monitor. Linked here. If the self test is good, it means you have some other problem either with the connections, cable, or your video card or PC.   http://support.dell.com/support/systemsinfo/documentation.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~cat=3 Message Edited by tomintx on 12-26-200609:37 AM

ItsMikeh · Answer

Well, the pink does not effect any colours on the self check. Only grey, not white, red, green etc.

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