Posted by Merle Cook on December 19, 2008 at 5:59 PM
My wife has a Mac Mini hooked up to a Dell Monitor. It has worked great for over a year and then today - all of a sudden - the monitor has a blue cast over all of it. Nothing has been changed as far as settings or anything else. The screen appears as though the entire thing has been "highlighted" for copy. Nothing seems to help and we have tried to restore factory settings etc. We have also tried turning it off and letting it set for a time, but nothing seems to help.
I looked at Dells support site and it makes about as much sense as my dog.
Is it time for a new monitor - or does anyone have any suggestions ???
Posted by Jim Erhardt on December 19, 2008 at 6:20 PM
Can you connect the monitor to a different PC? That may be worth a try to diagnose the problem.
Posted by Merle Cook on December 19, 2008 at 7:12 PM
Thanks for the suggestion Jim - but I have an I-MAC and we don't have a stand alone in the house. We got rid of the towers when we switched to Apple.
Posted by Kenn Leonhardt on December 19, 2008 at 7:44 PM
I've encountered a similar problem in the past (it was a pink cast). The fix was as simple as checking the cables and connections, which had somehow come loose.
Go into systems preferences and select display settings. Click on the color tab in the display window. I would guess you are using the Adobe RGB profile which produces a blue cast on my MBP. Use color lcd if that looks correct or calibrate a new profile.
Posted by Randall Quon on December 19, 2008 at 8:31 PM
If your iMac has a video out port (you may need a dongle/adapter for it), connect the monitor to it. If the Dell display blue, then it's the monitor, if not, then there is something wrong with the Mini (either hardware or software).
Posted by Buck Ward on December 19, 2008 at 10:28 PM
I had a magenta cast on my monitor. Replacing the cable fixed the problem.
Posted by Merle Cook on December 20, 2008 at 11:04 AM
Thank you all for the suggestions. My wife thanks you and has promised me that the next time she decides to clean up the clutter of wires on her desk- she WILL NOT pull and tug on the wires to hide them from view. I am trying to convince her that wires on a comuter desk are normal....
I totally disconnected the monitor and then reconnected it and all is well in the Cook House.
Thanks again..
Posted by Jim Erhardt on December 20, 2008 at 7:33 PM
Merle, good to hear! Easy, inexpensive (or even free) repairs always make my day too.
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8 repliesI looked at Dells support site and it makes about as much sense as my dog.
Is it time for a new monitor - or does anyone have any suggestions ???
I totally disconnected the monitor and then reconnected it and all is well in the Cook House.
Thanks again..