Re: External monitor color problem

From	"BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.laptops
Subject	Re: External monitor color problem
Date	2011-11-02 06:10 -0500
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<j8r8ev$tmi$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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Cameo typed:
> I've been using my HP tx1410us notebook with an external LCD monitor
> at a nice 1920 x 1080 res for several years without any problem till a
> few months ago when the red color from the RGB display started to
> disappear periodically, leaving the display in that greenish blue
> color. The notebook's own display, however, looks fine.
>
> First I thought maybe the monitor was at fault, but because I also use
> the same monitor at the same res with a desktop, I could see that all
> colors show fine when the KVM switch is showing the desktop's display.
>
> Then I researched this problem with Google and I found that this is a
> pretty common problem with HP laptops, even on newer ones than mine
> though the common denominator for these failing laptops might be the
> NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 video chip.
>
> I've noticed some guy on the net suggesting to connect the monitor to
> the laptop's USB2 port via a USB-to-VGA adapter and forget about the
> faulty external VGA connector. I wonder if anybody here has used such
> an adapter with an external monitor and how did it work out. My
> immediate problem would be whether such an adapter could power a
> monitor at the 1920 x 1080 HD resolution. I don't think USB2 could
> provide fast enough signal throughput for that but that's my
> monitor's optimal display res at 60 Hz. Unfortunately my notebook, 
> besides the VGA port, only has
> S-Video-out jack but does not have an HDMI port even though my
> monitor does.
> Any suggestions how I might proceed?
>
> Thanks.

I never heard any good things from USB-to-VGA adapters. As the video 
performance is going to be slow. Did you try without the KVM switch? Try 
a different video cable?

I have 11 laptops with S-video. And I don't find it useful except for 
watching movies or something. As the display isn't sharp enough to work 
well with small fonts and icons.

And if you really like your HP, here is a working one for 301 bucks.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/170720042071

It is too bad that Nvidia knowing sold video chips that they knew 
wouldn't last. I have four Alienware M9700 with two Nvidia 7900GS cards 
in each one. And once the GPU temps rise higher than I like, it is time 
to clean the fans and redo the thermal paste which tends to dry out in 
time.

Say does your act up after it gets warm? If so, doing the same on yours 
might also do the trick as well.

-- 
Bill
Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2

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External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-01 20:49 -0700
  Re: External monitor color problem mike <spamme9@gmail.com> - 2011-11-02 04:03 -0700
    Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-02 11:09 -0700
      Re: External monitor color problem mike <spamme9@gmail.com> - 2011-11-02 11:17 -0700
      Re: External monitor color problem Bob_Villa <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> - 2011-11-02 15:23 -0700
        Re: External monitor color problem mike <spamme9@gmail.com> - 2011-11-02 15:58 -0700
          Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-04 11:26 -0700
            Re: External monitor color problem "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-11-04 17:26 -0500
            Re: External monitor color problem mike <spamme9@gmail.com> - 2011-11-04 15:44 -0700
              Re: External monitor color problem "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-11-04 18:17 -0500
                Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-04 21:29 -0700
                Re: External monitor color problem mike <spamme9@gmail.com> - 2011-11-05 02:25 -0700
                Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-05 11:26 -0700
                Re: External monitor color problem "~misfit~" <sore_n_happy@nospamyahoo.com.au> - 2011-11-06 12:24 +1300
                Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-05 19:27 -0700
                Re: External monitor color problem BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-11-06 05:06 -0600
                Re: External monitor color problem "~misfit~" <sore_n_happy@nospamyahoo.com.au> - 2011-11-06 12:16 +1300
                Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-05 19:50 -0700
                Re: External monitor color problem BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-11-07 07:29 -0600
                Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-07 12:10 -0800
                Re: External monitor color problem BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-11-07 16:20 -0600
                Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-10 09:49 -0800
                Re: External monitor color problem BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-11-10 12:49 -0600
                Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-10 18:32 -0800
                Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-10 18:34 -0800
                Re: External monitor color problem wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-11-12 09:45 +0000
                Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-12 11:41 -0800
                Re: External monitor color problem Bert <bert@iphouse.com> - 2011-11-12 19:47 +0000
                Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-12 14:31 -0800
                Re: External monitor color problem wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-11-13 04:43 +0000
                Re: External monitor color problem wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-11-13 01:25 +0000
                Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-12 18:57 -0800
                Re: External monitor color problem wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-11-13 04:44 +0000
                Re: External monitor color problem mike <spamme9@gmail.com> - 2011-11-10 10:50 -0800
                Re: External monitor color problem wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-11-12 09:43 +0000
                Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-12 11:46 -0800
                Re: External monitor color problem mike <spamme9@gmail.com> - 2011-11-12 12:42 -0800
        Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-04 11:19 -0700
  Re: External monitor color problem "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-11-02 06:10 -0500
    Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-02 10:55 -0700
      Re: External monitor color problem BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-11-06 04:54 -0600
        Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-06 10:29 -0800
          Re: External monitor color problem BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-11-06 12:48 -0600
  Re: External monitor color problem "Ryan P." <ryannewguy@nogmailjunk.com> - 2011-11-07 20:48 -0600
    Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-08 00:49 -0800
      Re: External monitor color problem "Ryan P." <ryannewguy@nogmailjunk.com> - 2011-11-10 20:03 -0600

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