Yellowish monitor issue

[amoretam]

Hi there.
I am having a strange issue with my system, the day before yesterday i turn on my PC, it booted normally but in a couple of minutes the screen turned yellowish (I still could see the desktop) and a couple of minutes after the screen turned off.
I went to see the CPU and it was still on, but then a minute later it also went off.

I immediately proceeded to turn on the computer once again but this time the screen would not turn on.
The motherboard was reading A0.

So, I opened the case and resetted BIOS with a screwdriver on the 2 pins for several seconds.
Pressed power button and chose Optimized settings, computer booted normally and I was alleviated while using it all day.

Yesterday morning I went to turn on my computer and the same thing happened, but this time the cpu stayed on. I tried resetting the cpu but the screen never went on again.
I had to power off holding the power button for several seconds.

I did not try resetting the BIOS once again because I really don’t want this to happen again, I have 2 internal HDD that I don’t want the data to get corrupted.

That’s why I come here to this wonderful forum to get help.

My system specs is:

- Processor: Core i5-2500K Quad-Core 3.3 GHz 6 MB Cache

- Memory: 8GB G.Skill DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz - F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL

- GPU: Sandy Bridge

- Monitor: Acer X233H LCD

- OS DRIVE: Crucial m4 128GB 2.5-Inch (9.5mm) SATA 6Gb/s Solid State

- OS DRIVE: Western DC WD5000AAKS
(500.1GB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ, 16MB Cache)

THANKS.

 

[amoretam]

Hello everyone. Anybody could give me some tips as to how should I proceed troubleshooting here?

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
You might have a weird color profile
Click start and control panel/ Color management,
All profiles and scroll to the bottom area
This is a weird one I had turned windows photo viewers background pinkish
I switched to a RGB profile and all is good
No tutorial besides this one :/
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/5823-display-color-calibration.html

 

[amoretam]

Hi,
You might have a weird color profile
Click start and control panel/ Color management,
All profiles and scroll to the bottom area
This is a weird one I had turned windows photo viewers background pinkish
I switched to a RGB profile and all is good
No tutorial besides this one :/
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/5823-display-color-calibration.html

I can't boot to the desktop. Besides I don't really think this has to do with that. The screen color is normal when I booted the last time, but then it turned yellowissh by itself. Then monitor turned off.

Thanks for help though

 

[pillboxhunter]

How old is the monitor? LED or ccfl backlights? Do you have another monitor to try?

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
I believe every monitor/ tv windows will download a driver for and even offer a update for it
That driver comes with a color profile.

 

[AddRAM]

Or try your monitor on another pc, to rule out if it`s going bad.

Don`t go updating your bios, or making a bunch of hardware changes, you`ll just make things worse.

Just hook the monitor up to another PC to see if it`s working ok.

 

[amoretam]

Or try your monitor on another pc, to rule out if it`s going bad.

Don`t go updating your bios, or making a bunch of hardware changes, you`ll just make things worse.

Just hook the monitor up to another PC to see if it`s working ok.

I will try this. I am coming back

 

[amoretam]

Hello.
I tried another monitor, it seems that the DVI port or cable is defective...
D-SUB and HDMI work.
So that is what I am using. All good.
Very strange the DVI does not work all of a suddent.
Anyways I have no problem using HDMI.

The only issue I am having right now is that my dual boot system inmediately boots to the Windows installation on the SSD drive.
I had a menu from which I could choose which one to boot from before this issue.

It seems that the BIOS reset messed up with this.

How can I get back my menu?

Thanks a lot people..

 

[AddRAM]

You see, that`s why I said not to mess with anything until you troubleshot the monitor.

See if this will help you.

EasyBCD - NeoSmart Technologies

If your dual boot was on separate drives, just use the boot menu to boot into the other system.

 

[amoretam]

You see, that`s why I said not to mess with anything until you troubleshot the monitor.

See if this will help you.

EasyBCD - NeoSmart Technologies

If your dual boot was on separate drives, just use the boot menu to boot into the other system.

I messed wiith the BIOS before I came to this forum.
Anyways.. NeoSmart is what I am using for the boot menu. But it is installed on the Windows installation that is not booting..... Hope that is clear

 

[AddRAM]

I`m talking about the bios 1 time boot menu key (usually F8)


Did you install EasyBCD on the system that is booting ?

 

[amoretam]

I`m talking about the bios 1 time boot menu key (usually F8)


Did you install EasyBCD on the system that is booting ?

easybcd is installed in the system that is not booting

 

[amoretam]

I`m talking about the bios 1 time boot menu key (usually F8)


Did you install EasyBCD on the system that is booting ?

Ok. I see what you mean. F12. I went there and chose the Os where EasyBCD is installed. It is all good with same settings. Still I Don,t get the menu.

 

[amoretam]

I messed up with boot priorities and such in the Bios and the boot menu appeared. This case is solved. Thanks a lot lovely people of this forum.