New monitor, everything has blue tint!

alexp999 · Jul 31, 2008

Okay, I just got my new monitor today. Acer P223W.

Only thing is everything has a blue tint! only just but enough it is noticeable.

So I installed the driver for it and I have found that the colours only look right looking at a pic using windows photo gallery. ( i worked this out by loading my background into photo gallery then switching between desktop and photo gallery. The desktop has a slight blue tnige, the photo gallery looks perfect.

Does anyone know how I can get windows to render everything using the colour profile its using for photo gallery (presumably the acer one)?

i think it is applying the slight blue tint to games too. :shadedshu

Any help really appreciated!!!

Thanks.

dark2099 · Jul 31, 2008

Might have gotten a bad monitor, or something wrong with the connection would be my first 2 guesses. Other than that it seems there is some odd profile loaded that you have to turn off or change.

alexp999 · Jul 31, 2008

dark2099 said:
Might have gotten a bad monitor, or something wrong with the connection would be my first 2 guesses. Other than that it seems there is some odd profile loaded that you have to turn off or change.

Just booted into express gate and I dont have the blue tint. It is something to do with the colour profiles. have fiddled about a bit. gonna boot back into windows now see if i have fixed it.

On my old monitor it did the opposite. Desktop and games looked fine, but using the monitors proper driver caused the photo gallery to have a yellow tint! :wtf:

aharvey · Jul 31, 2008

If you dont dolve your issue with your first guess, take a look at the plug. you might have bent or crossed pins. (if its dvi that might not be likely)

Fuse-Wire · Jul 31, 2008

Does you're monitor have an AUTO ADJUST button, if so press it, took me a good couple of hours pissin about with ATi Tools before i hit the button!!

phanbuey · Jul 31, 2008

there should be a setting to adjust color "temperature"... its usually set to "USER" but you can make it warmer/colder depending on preference...

alexp999 · Jul 31, 2008

Fuse-Wire said:
Does you're monitor have an AUTO ADJUST button, if so press it, took me a good couple of hours pissin about with ATi Tools before i hit the button!!

Auto doesnt work on DVI.

It has presets, but they all have the blue tint.

I dont think its hardware/monitor based cus its looks fine on the Asus express gate (built in linux)

just even reading this page everything has a very slightly blue tint.

Wish I could show you, lol.

How does windows manages its colour profiles? Why is it rendering my desktop one way and then rendering the same image a totally different way in photo gallery?

is this a windows thing or Ati thing, just I'm getting my new gfx card tomorrow hopefully and that a nvidia.

Fuse-Wire · Jul 31, 2008

Can't be totally precise here but maybe your current GFX Card/Drivers are not 100% supporting your monitor, i mean after the last thing i could have used knowing AUTO ADJUST wont work would be to use the install CD... :confused:

P.S. There isn't a blue film you need to pull off?? :rolleyes:

NeotonicDragon3 · Jul 31, 2008

Hmm yeah check the moniter's in moniter color setting
Check connections?
Call Technical Support, maybe it can be replaced under warranty?

NeotonicDragon3 · Jul 31, 2008

Fuse-Wire said:
Can't be totally precise here but maybe your current GFX Card/Drivers are not 100% supporting your monitor, i mean after the last thing i could have used knowing AUTO ADJUST wont work would be to use the install CD...

P.S. There isn't a blue film you need to pull off??

ROFL, that is one possibility

alexp999 · Jul 31, 2008

Yay! its fixed! no more blue!

This monitor has two menus :wtf:

Colour temp was in the second menu (accessed by a different button)

it was set on cool, changed to warm and now everything looks normal!

Well i say that, its really bright, but I think thats just cus I was used to a dull LG.

Thanks for all your help guys.

oli_ramsay · Jul 31, 2008

right click desktop, personalization, display settings, advanced, color management, then remove any profile:

Also insatll driver for your monitor, this should fix the problem

EDIT: d'oh too late, gotta learn to type faster

glad you fixed it though :toast:

Fuse-Wire · Jul 31, 2008

Nicely done, glad i could have been of no service whatsoever lol

alexp999 · Jul 31, 2008

oli_ramsay said:
right click desktop, personalization, display settings, advanced, color management, then remove any profile:

Also insatll driver for your monitor, this should fix the problem

EDIT: d'oh too late, gotta learn to type faster glad you fixed it though

I did that too, which sorted out the difference between photo gallery and desktop.

now i've just got sort out brightness and contrast. its giving me a bit of a headache atm

.

really amazing screen though.

And my other stuff in my sig has been shipped and should be here tomorrow.

Fuse-Wire · Jul 31, 2008

hmm took me a couple if days to get used to my monitor!! but hey nothing like moving from CRT to TFT or LCD

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