I just bought a machine from ebay for $350. I saw that it had purple tinge in the screen but thought that it would likely just need a degauss. I then thought that even if this wasn't the case, the machine was a decent price anyway and would be worth fixing regardless.
In any case, the issue with the monitor is as follows
- Purplish tinge throughout the whole screen
- Colour is inaccurate. I.e. in street fighter the health bars are meant to be yellow and once health is taken they go red. My monitor always shows them as red the entire match.
Blanka is brown instead of green, ken has red hair, guiles clothes arent green. Its all like faded colour
Its not the game board either because this issue happens with my street fighter zero board as well.
- Sharpness is pretty bad and theres no adjustment for it on my monitor controls/adjustment panel. Its like the picture is somewhat blurry
I purchased a degauss wand. I done the steps as advised in another post.
Slowly go in circles away from the monitor and all the way toward it and then back. While doing it I could see what it was doing in that it shows rainbow-like yellowy swirls (hard to describe but im sure you have all done this). Anyway once I completed doing this there was absolutely no change in the picture. Nothing at all got any better. Tried again later once I let the wand cool down but this time I started in front of the monitor and worked my way back but no change.
Is there anyone in Sydney on the forum here who has a knowledge of monitors/their problems as good as Jomac - if so anyone willing to check out or fix my screen for beer :lol i just dont want to take my machine anywhere as ill need to borrow someones ute.
ok what could it be though
- Picture tube cactus not displaying colours correctly and clearly and with purplish tinge?
- Chassis on its way out causing this?
I don't want to spend money unnecessarily on repairing a monitor component i.e. the chassis when in fact it could be the tube stuffing up - is anyone able to diagnose once and accurately? :unsure
sorry for all the questions, but with little knowledge i have in the monitor/chassis area, it can be frustrating ya know
thanks in advanced guys i know yous will be a great help.
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mrjamma
Hi ladies and gentlemen,
I just bought a machine from ebay for $350. I saw that it had purple tinge in the screen but thought that it would likely just need a degauss. I then thought that even if this wasn't the case, the machine was a decent price anyway and would be worth fixing regardless.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330241739532&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:AU:1123
In any case, the issue with the monitor is as follows
- Purplish tinge throughout the whole screen
- Colour is inaccurate. I.e. in street fighter the health bars are meant to be yellow and once health is taken they go red. My monitor always shows them as red the entire match.
Blanka is brown instead of green, ken has red hair, guiles clothes arent green. Its all like faded colour
Its not the game board either because this issue happens with my street fighter zero board as well.
- Sharpness is pretty bad and theres no adjustment for it on my monitor controls/adjustment panel. Its like the picture is somewhat blurry
I purchased a degauss wand. I done the steps as advised in another post.
Slowly go in circles away from the monitor and all the way toward it and then back. While doing it I could see what it was doing in that it shows rainbow-like yellowy swirls (hard to describe but im sure you have all done this). Anyway once I completed doing this there was absolutely no change in the picture. Nothing at all got any better. Tried again later once I let the wand cool down but this time I started in front of the monitor and worked my way back but no change.
Is there anyone in Sydney on the forum here who has a knowledge of monitors/their problems as good as Jomac - if so anyone willing to check out or fix my screen for beer :lol i just dont want to take my machine anywhere as ill need to borrow someones ute.
ok what could it be though
- Picture tube cactus not displaying colours correctly and clearly and with purplish tinge?
- Chassis on its way out causing this?
I don't want to spend money unnecessarily on repairing a monitor component i.e. the chassis when in fact it could be the tube stuffing up - is anyone able to diagnose once and accurately? :unsure
sorry for all the questions, but with little knowledge i have in the monitor/chassis area, it can be frustrating ya know
thanks in advanced guys i know yous will be a great help.
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