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Article #8851Re: VGA Problems...why blue?
From: Froot Loop
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1990 21:11
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1990 21:11
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In article <AUSTIN.90Jan18155635@bucsf.bu.edu> austin@bucsf.bu.edu (Austin H. Ziegler, III) writes: > > Could anyone tell me why a machine that had, five minutes before, >been full-color VGA, is no longer full-color, but only BLUE (light and dark >cyan, actually)? Email responses ASAP. > Your monitor cord isn't plugged in all the way. You are getting the green and blue pins (GREEN + BLUE = CYAN) but aren't getting the red pin. Wiggle the plugs at the monitor and CPU end, and make sure they are plugged in all the way. If all else fails, get a new monitor cord. (this happened to me last year, but it was my green pin that wouldn't make good contact) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Randy Spangler | He who hesitates | | rspangle@jarthur.claremont.edu | is last | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Randy Spangler | The less things change, the | | rspangle@jarthur.claremont.edu | more they remain the same | --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!jarthur!rspangle From: rspangle@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Froot Loop) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: VGA Problems...why blue? Keywords: it acts like a blue monochrome machine... )-8 Message-ID: <3834@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> Date: 18 Jan 90 21:11:59 GMT References: <AUSTIN.90Jan18155635@bucsf.bu.edu> Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711 Lines: 27